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Paul Cassel Paul Cassel is offline
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Default Global warming physics again

Gordon wrote:
If you have to wear an oxygen mask at high altitudes because oxygen
(32) is heavier than other gases that make up our air (28), then how
does co2 get into the stratosphere and cause a warming blanket when co2
(44) is much heavier than oxygen?
Gordon

Big problem for mountaineers is when they break through the top O2 layer
finding nothing but helium up there.