"When vehicles, factories, landfills, and livestock emit methane and carbon monoxide into the atmosphere ..."
"The release of these gases also have indirect effects ... including reducing the production of particles called aerosols that can influence both the climate and the air quality."
"These two gases, as well as others, are part of a complicated cascade of chemical reactions that features competition with aerosols for highly reactive molecules that cleanse the air of pollutants."
"... coal power production and other industrial processes release sulfur dioxide — the same gas that billows from volcanoes — that later reacts with atmospheric molecules called hydroxyl radicals to produce sulfates as a byproduct."
"Hydroxyl is so reactive scientists consider it an atmospheric 'detergent' ..."
"'Our calculations suggest that all the non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases together have a net impact that rivals the warming caused by carbon dioxide.'"
"'Since we already know how to capture methane from animals, landfills, and sewage treatment plants at fairly low cost, targeting methane makes sense,'..."
OH is produced by a reaction of sunlight with Ozone...
"The uranium enrichment plant in Paducah, Ky., and its sister facility in Ohio have been by far the country's largest industrial emitters of a chemical that eats the Earth's protective ozone layer."
"Reducing sulfate unmasks methane's warming by 20 to 40 percent over current estimates..."
Yet Dr. Ward explains:
"Global temperatures increased more rapidly after 1950 as the rate of anthropengic sulfur emissions increased."
Shindell claims that Sulfur Dioxide is good because it temporarily blocks sunlight.
Yet Ward explains how:
"All major historic volcanic eruptions have formed sulfuric acid aerosols in the lower stratosphere that cooled the earth's surface ...", however, "Large volumes of Sulfur Dioxide ... overdrive the oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere resulting in very rapid warming."
"Massive reduction of SO2 should be a top priority in order to reduce both global warming and acid rain."
There are currently 8 users and 15 guests online.
Online users
rusty
Captain Jack Sparrow
Benny
Braveheart
Tobi Jones
JLSOhio51
just4fun
StillOutsideIndiana
Status Updates
kpaul.mallasch happy weekend
1 day ago
NANA OF ONE ABILITY CAN TAKE YOU TO THE TOP,BUT IT TAKES CHARACTER TO KEEP YOU THERE...
1 day ago
PatriotDan Is procrastinating from giving the dog a bath.
2 days ago
jacquline we was robed last night. someone took stuff we had loaded in truck to move for my sister, all her clothing and lot other stuff and her bike.. she has 1 pair pants left and pair shorts.
2 days ago
krolchiha Happy St. Patrick's Day. It is a good day to be Irish..:-)
4 days ago
Zia wonders why adults have to act like children sometimes???? It becomes annoying after a while
4 days ago
C91 “Liars begin by imposing upon others, but end deceiving themselves”
4 days ago
axnjackson You think healthcare is expensive now? Wait tell its free
1./ The First Link is broken (new link: http://www.tetontectonics.org/Climate.html ) ,
2./ The NASA Article is contrived (bogus).
Dr. Shindell (NASA) says:
"Reducing sulfate unmasks methane's warming by 20 to 40 percent over current estimates..."
Yet Dr. Ward explains:
"Global temperatures increased more rapidly after 1950 as the rate of anthropengic sulfur emissions increased."
Shindell claims that Sulfur Dioxide is good because it temporarily blocks sunlight.
Yet Ward explains how:
"All major historic volcanic eruptions have formed sulfuric acid aerosols in the lower stratosphere that cooled the earth's surface ...", however, "Large volumes of Sulfur Dioxide ... overdrive the oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere resulting in very rapid warming."
"Massive reduction of SO2 should be a top priority in order to reduce both global warming and acid rain."