Earth
Science Today
Russ Colson
Minnesota
State University Moorhead
Suppose
that the warming atmosphere warms the oceans. What consequences will
that have on the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere?
(think about CO2 in your can of coke)
One
answer:
Just
like a warm coke holds less CO2 (and goes flat) than a cold coke, less
CO2 would dissolve in a warmer ocean. Some of the CO2 now in the
oceans would evaporate into the atmosphere, potentially increasing the
temperature further and leading to a runaway greenhouse effect.
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