Global warming

[Marcellus]

yeah I figured that but doesn't tat also mean that a small increase of methane will cause much more effect then an increase of CO2?

An increase in the amount of methane produced would indeed do more damage than a similar increase in the amount of CO2 produced. However, I imagine the increase in the amount of CO2 produced is much greater than the increase in methane produced.

[Papewaio]

Also got to figure out which wavelengths the gas blocks out... if 100% of a certain range of wavelengths is blocked then an increase in those gases will have no effect... while an increase in a window of unblocked wavelengths will have a large effect...

[Moros]

Also got to figure out which wavelengths the gas blocks out... if 100% of a certain range of wavelengths is blocked then an increase in those gases will have no effect... while an increase in a window of unblocked wavelengths will have a large effect...

well the atmosphere pretects us, wel it would have a few hundred years ago, from most light that has shorter wavelengts then UVA (that would mean UVB,UVC) and the shorter radiowaves and the longer radiowaves (some of the radiowaves in the middle arn't blocked.) Blocking doesn't mean 100%, perhaps filtering is a better word. But when talking about global warming it is the infra-red light that is partially kept from disappearing to outer space and kept here to warmen the atmosphere (ever been in such a infra-red sauna?).
I believe CO2 H20 (as a gas ofcourse), CH4 and NOx are the ones who block infra red. It's the O3 layer that's blocking UVB, UVC,... O3 layer hasn't much to do with global warming but it protects us from radiation.

[Papewaio]

But not all gases block the same range of wavelengths within the infra-red.

So there are windows which let out the infra-red... increasing the gases that block these windows (within the infra-red range) has different effects ... if the window is fully blocked (100%) extra gases will not filter out other window ranges, while a small amount of gas that blocks an unfiltered range will have a much larger effect... gases that do block infra-red generally do not block the same set of wavelengths (makes sense as it is related to shape of the molecules).

[Moros]

But not all gases block the same range of wavelengths within the infra-red.

So there are windows which let out the infra-red... increasing the gases that block these windows (within the infra-red range) has different effects ... if the window is fully blocked (100%) extra gases will not filter out other window ranges, while a small amount of gas that blocks an unfiltered range will have a much larger effect... gases that do block infra-red generally do not block the same set of wavelengths (makes sense as it is related to shape of the molecules).

yeah but about all infra-red light give warmth,...I believe.