Randall Carlson

So you know that if you have a fizzy drink, a soda, you know, the fizzy is carbon dioxide. If it warms, the carbon dioxide just outgasses, right? So what happens if an ocean warming outgasses carbon dioxide, a cooling ocean sucks in carbon dioxide. Photosynthesis basically begins between 150 and 180 parts per million.

So you know that if you have a fizzy drink, a soda, you know, the fizzy is carbon dioxide. If it warms, the carbon dioxide just outgasses, right? So what happens if an ocean warming outgasses carbon dioxide, a cooling ocean sucks in carbon dioxide. Photosynthesis basically begins between 150 and 180 parts per million.

So you know that if you have a fizzy drink, a soda, you know, the fizzy is carbon dioxide. If it warms, the carbon dioxide just outgasses, right? So what happens if an ocean warming outgasses carbon dioxide, a cooling ocean sucks in carbon dioxide. Photosynthesis basically begins between 150 and 180 parts per million.

Because less than 150 parts per million, CO2 pressure in the atmosphere isn't enough. It's too hard for plants to... consume the carbon dioxide, right? What happens is you have stomata in plants, which is the apertures that uptake the carbon dioxide. So if carbon dioxide pressure goes up, You don't, you don't want to be like, you don't want to eat too much.

Because less than 150 parts per million, CO2 pressure in the atmosphere isn't enough. It's too hard for plants to... consume the carbon dioxide, right? What happens is you have stomata in plants, which is the apertures that uptake the carbon dioxide. So if carbon dioxide pressure goes up, You don't, you don't want to be like, you don't want to eat too much.

Because less than 150 parts per million, CO2 pressure in the atmosphere isn't enough. It's too hard for plants to... consume the carbon dioxide, right? What happens is you have stomata in plants, which is the apertures that uptake the carbon dioxide. So if carbon dioxide pressure goes up, You don't, you don't want to be like, you don't want to eat too much.

You know, you want to, you know, you're not going to be a glutton and stuff yourself. So you don't eat four big meals. You don't eat four Thanksgiving dinners at once. Right? Well, so now carbon dioxide pressure goes up. The stomata in the plant in particularly in leaves shrinks, right? When it goes down, it's grasping for more carbon dioxide.

You know, you want to, you know, you're not going to be a glutton and stuff yourself. So you don't eat four big meals. You don't eat four Thanksgiving dinners at once. Right? Well, so now carbon dioxide pressure goes up. The stomata in the plant in particularly in leaves shrinks, right? When it goes down, it's grasping for more carbon dioxide.

You know, you want to, you know, you're not going to be a glutton and stuff yourself. So you don't eat four big meals. You don't eat four Thanksgiving dinners at once. Right? Well, so now carbon dioxide pressure goes up. The stomata in the plant in particularly in leaves shrinks, right? When it goes down, it's grasping for more carbon dioxide.

When the pressure goes down, so the stomata open up to try to bring in more, right? So now, it's well established, experimentally and empirically, that carbon dioxide is It's got two functions. One, it is like what we would call a greenhouse gas, right? So it captures, it's transparent to the shortwave heat radiation coming in.

When the pressure goes down, so the stomata open up to try to bring in more, right? So now, it's well established, experimentally and empirically, that carbon dioxide is It's got two functions. One, it is like what we would call a greenhouse gas, right? So it captures, it's transparent to the shortwave heat radiation coming in.

When the pressure goes down, so the stomata open up to try to bring in more, right? So now, it's well established, experimentally and empirically, that carbon dioxide is It's got two functions. One, it is like what we would call a greenhouse gas, right? So it captures, it's transparent to the shortwave heat radiation coming in.

But then that radiation is absorbed into the solid mass of the planet and re-radiated at a longer wavelength. The carbon dioxide is opaque to that longer wavelength. So what happens is that some of that carbon dioxide, I mean some of that heat, rather than expelling out to space, some of it gets reflected back down to Earth. And that's basically the global warming scenario.

But then that radiation is absorbed into the solid mass of the planet and re-radiated at a longer wavelength. The carbon dioxide is opaque to that longer wavelength. So what happens is that some of that carbon dioxide, I mean some of that heat, rather than expelling out to space, some of it gets reflected back down to Earth. And that's basically the global warming scenario.

But then that radiation is absorbed into the solid mass of the planet and re-radiated at a longer wavelength. The carbon dioxide is opaque to that longer wavelength. So what happens is that some of that carbon dioxide, I mean some of that heat, rather than expelling out to space, some of it gets reflected back down to Earth. And that's basically the global warming scenario.

But if you think of a sponge, a dry sponge, you set it on the table and you start pouring water on it. Right. It's going to soak up that water. It'll keep soaking it up until it gets saturated. At which point the w the, the water is going to begin to flow out, right? Well, there's a window of wavelengths. It's about, um, 14 to 17 microns, roughly.

But if you think of a sponge, a dry sponge, you set it on the table and you start pouring water on it. Right. It's going to soak up that water. It'll keep soaking it up until it gets saturated. At which point the w the, the water is going to begin to flow out, right? Well, there's a window of wavelengths. It's about, um, 14 to 17 microns, roughly.

But if you think of a sponge, a dry sponge, you set it on the table and you start pouring water on it. Right. It's going to soak up that water. It'll keep soaking it up until it gets saturated. At which point the w the, the water is going to begin to flow out, right? Well, there's a window of wavelengths. It's about, um, 14 to 17 microns, roughly.

That is the window, the capture window for carbon dioxide. That capture window happens to be the same capture window as water vapor. What's happening is once you hit 50 to a hundred parts per million, the heat capturing ability of carbon dioxide is almost completely exhausted.

That is the window, the capture window for carbon dioxide. That capture window happens to be the same capture window as water vapor. What's happening is once you hit 50 to a hundred parts per million, the heat capturing ability of carbon dioxide is almost completely exhausted.