I have to admit, this is a new one to me.
Gases accumulating in the atmosphere and the rate of outgassing determine the properties of gaseous atmospheric mixture, in particular, changing the density and thermal capacity of the air. One can assume that: the greater the rate of outgassing, the higher the atmospheric pressure. According to the adiabatic theory of heat transfer in the atmosphere (Khilyuk and Chilingar 2003), the latter leads to increase in the atmospheric global temperature.
http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~motl/usc-climate.html
This is from their 2006 article, "On global forces of nature driving the Earth's climate. Are humans involved?"
Here's an abstract of the 2003 article:
Abstract:?The writers show that the present-day global warming is not due to the increase in the volume of greenhouse gases, but rather to the increased solar activity. It appears that we are at the rising phase of the latest 80-90 year cycle of the solar activity. At the present time, there is no sound justification for the cut in the man-induced carbon dioxide emission as required by the Kyoto Protocol of 1997. The rising global temperature drives large volumes of CO2 from the ocean water into the atmosphere. Thus "cause" and "effect" of global warming phenomenon are misunderstood by many scientists.
Title:?Global warming: Are we confusing cause and effect?
Author(s):?Khilyuk LF, Chilingar GV
Source:?ENERGY SOURCES 25 (4): 357-370 APR 2003
These two make quite a team....
~samwik
