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It’s a system, so you can’t just look at one parameter in isolation. 50% of our oxygen comes from the ocean, which also means it’s the single largest carbon sin
by nomel 3y ago
It’s a system, so you can’t just look at one parameter in isolation. 50% of our oxygen comes from the ocean, which also means it’s the single largest carbon sink on the planet [1]. Darker, but also an improvement to one of the primary drivers for why CO2 is near the lowest it’s ever been [2].
[1] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/10/oceans-absorb-carbon-seas-climate-change-environment-water-co2/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/10/oceans-absorb-carbon-...
[2] http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/virtualmuseum/images/CO2History.html http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/virtualmuseum/images/CO2History.h...
- Paul-Craft 3y agoExcuse me? Lowest it's ever been? Your graph is extremely misleading. Why don't we try this graph on for size instead? https://www.climate.gov/media/14596 https://www.climate.gov/media/14596 Or maybe the one here, which goes back many millions of years? https://earth.org/data_visualization/a-brief-history-of-co2/ https://earth.org/data_visualization/a-brief-history-of-co2/
- daveguy 3y agoI was referring to the albedo of two different colors. Specifically absorbance of the electromagnetic spectrum being the opposite of what was stated by the GP. I'm not sure why you felt the need to bring up completely unrelated factors. Yes, I understand that one factor could easily be countered by others. That wasn't the point.