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Clive. · March 17th 07, 02:16 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.transport

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But the thing is, if the atmosphere gets warmer, liberates CO2 from
the oceans, isn't this warmness going to cause a rise in atmospheric
water vapour? If so, surely the process of the water vapour trapping
the carbon (i.e. a homeostatic response and part of the carbon cycle)
is going to take care of a lot of the 'problem'?
Watching Snowball Earth on TV last night, the same connection was made.
It was asserted that volcano's throw out 10 billion tonnes of CO2 a
year, and during the time of total glaciation the atmospheric CO2 rose
to 10%. Which caused surface temperatures to rise to 50 degrees and melt
the ice, which in tern caused clouds and rain, and washed the CO2 into
the sea. If It worked then I can't see why it wouldn't now.
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Clive.