effect of methane on the earth's tempreture?
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very very very very little\nmostly co2
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Yes and no. Methane is generated constantly from decomposing organic matter,but not in enough quantity for humans to use. Nature cannot keep up with our demand! :-)=
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Drilling into the crust can not possibly affect the internal temp of the earth. We can NOT possibly dig deeper than that. easy. Next question.
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CO2 is 30% higher than it has been for 650,000 years. Methane is 130% greater. These are two of the main pollutants humans put into the atmosphere in excess, and they are two of the primary greenhouse gases.\n\nLook at the 'hockeystick', which shows a dramatic warming since 1950 after a fairly stable climate for 1000 years. In fact, the 10 hottest years in recorded history have all happened since 1990, with 2005 being the hottest, and 2006 is shaping up to maybe break that record.\n(see links below)\n\nHow's that for proof of man's fault in this? There is ample proof, any real scientist will tell you that.\n\nThere has NEVER been an article doubting man's influence on global warming published in a peer-reviewed journal. A recent study of almost 1000 proved that.\n\nYes, the earth naturally heats and cools, but the rate and amount we are warming now is unprecedented in the recent geologic past. We are doing this, and we must stop it. This is not some political statement or rhetoric. This is science trying to educate a crass, ignorant public of the damage they are doing. The magnitude of temperature increase ALREADY is about 10x that of the 'little ice age' of the middle ages, and rate and amount are only going up. \n\nJust to be clear, glacial and interglacial cycles are mainly controlled by astronomical fluctuations, but we have a detailed record of the last 7 cycles, and what the climate and CO2 is doing now is way different and extreme. The rate of increase is much higher than in the past AND the value itself is much higher.\n\nHI CO2: \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4467420.stm\nHOCKEY STICK: \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5109188.stm\nGeneral climate stuff: \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3897061.stm
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The Earth is surrounded by atmosphere, which is made up of many greenhouse gases. The Earths temperature\n      depends on the solar constant.\n      The Earths surface absorbs heat from the sun and re-radiates it back out to space with the help of clouds, snow,\n      atmosphere dust and sea surfaces, the rest is absorbed by other gases and aerosols, examples of these is the\n      gases from power stations and volcanoes which can be liquid or dust, some solar radiation does not reach\n      space this remains trapped in the atmosphere by greenhouse gases. \n      The temperature of the Earth has changed and is continuing to do so with the help of human activity in rising \n      Co2 levels, from 1850-1996 Co2 rose from 285 p.p.m to 360 p.p.m a 0.7ºc rise in surface temperature.\n      We know how trees and plants are vital to us as they convert Co2 into oxygen to help us breathe, but industry\n      will continue to cut and burn down forests allowing more Co2 into the air, with this decrease in vegetation this\n      means more Co2 will remain in the atmosphere and with the burning of fossil fuels we are also producing more \n      Co2, causing the Earths temperature to warm up.\n      Clouds also play a role in the surface temperature; they absorb radiation this increasing the amount of infrared\n      radiation that is emitted by the atmosphere depending on their altitude and thickness, a cloud is formed when\n      water vapor condenses.
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The Earth's temperature is due to more factors than fuel use. Ozone (O3) can be broken down, leading to weakness in the atmospheric layer of the Earth. Also, certain types of smog and smoke can create a barrier between the Sun and the Earth, trapping heat in the Earth atmosphere where it should radiate into the rest of the solar system. So, if the theory is true, using less fuel helps, but does not solve the problem.
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The Earth's atmosphere has some capacity to hold in heat but not much of one. A relatively simple calculation would show that the Earth's surface temperature would drop by a factor of two about every two months if the Sun were shut off. The current mean temperature of the Earth's surface is about 300 Kelvin (K). This means in two months the temperature would drop to 150K, and 75K in four months. To compare, the freezing point of water is 273K. So basically it'd get too cold for us humans within just a few weeks.\n\nhttp://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=656\n\nBut as for absolute zero, NASA states "The Earth cannot drop to Absolute Zero because the universe would keep it above 2.7 K. Without the Sun, the only energy to the surface of the Earth is the heat from it's own interior."\n\nhttp://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/q2895.html
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Here's one theory:\n\nClimate Model Links Warm Temperatures to Greatest Extinction\nWork supports theory that rise in levels of carbon dioxide triggered die-off\n\n\n\nScientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado have created a computer simulation showing Earth's climate in unprecedented detail at the time of the greatest mass extinction in history.\n\nAccording to an August 24 press release from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the work supports a theory that an abrupt and dramatic rise in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide triggered the massive die-off at the end of the Permian Era, 251 million years ago.\n\nDuring that time, an estimated 90 percent to 95 percent of marine species and 70 percent of land species became extinct -- an extinction even greater than that of the dinosaurs, 65 million years ago.\n\nMany scientists equate high concentrations of carbon dioxide with warmer temperatures, and a close correspondence has been found between carbon dioxide and temperature for the past 570 million years.\n\nAt the end of the Permian, Earth had a single landmass (a supercontinent) called Pangea. Higher-latitude temperatures were 10-30 degrees Celsius warmer than today, and volcanic activity had released large amounts of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere over a period of 700,000 years.\n\n"The implication of our study is that elevated [carbon dioxide] is sufficient to lead to inhospitable conditions for marine life and excessively high temperatures over land would contribute to the demise of terrestrial life," the authors concluded.\n\nTo understand how such conditions might have affected climate and life around the globe, the researchers used the Community Climate System Model (CCSM), which can integrate changes in atmospheric temperatures with ocean temperatures and currents.\n\nThe CCSM indicated that ocean temperatures warmed significantly at higher latitudes because of rising atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.\n\nIn the ocean, warmer temperatures reached a depth of about 4,000 meters, interfering with the normal circulation process in which colder surface water descends, taking oxygen and nutrients deep into the ocean.\n\nAs a result, ocean waters had little oxygen, proving deadly to marine life. Because marine organisms no longer removed carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the rate of warming accelerated.
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In order for the overall temperature on earth to remain constant, all the radiation that the earth receives from the sun should end up being reflected over a period of time back into space. This is radiation balance to the best of my knowledge. Otherwise, the planet would cook like an oven
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Energy. That is the concern over the greenhouse effect, that energy will be trapped in the atmosphere raising temperatures. The average surface temperature of the earth would be -18 degrees zero without a greenhouse effect and 72 degrees zero without a biosphere which counteracts the Greenhouse effect.
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hun.. this is a geology question  \n\n\nclimate change... temperature, co2 levels. \nmany dinasoars were to specialized and could not adapt to the new enviroments\nchange in water levels of world... can be due to temperature \nchange in temperature can lead to more extreem weather conditions of floods and draught\nmore precipitation can change salinity changes of oceans \nAsteroid\ndisease\nVolcanic eruptions.. poison gases into atmosphere.. hence the \nCo2 hypothesis\nCo2 (carbon dioxide) is also a greenhouse gas trapping heat
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CO2 is 30% higher than it has been for 650,000 years. Methane is 130% greater. These are two of the main pollutants humans put into the atmosphere in excess, and they are two of the primary greenhouse gases.\n\nLook at the 'hockeystick', which shows a dramatic warming since 1950 after a fairly stable climate for 1000 years. In fact, the 10 hottest years in recorded history have all happened since 1990, with 2005 being the hottest.\n(see links below)\n\nHow's that for proof of man's fault in this? There is ample proof, any real scientist will tell you that.\n\nThere has NEVER been an article doubting man's influence on global warming published in a peer-reviewed journal. A recent study of almost 1000 proved that.\n\nYes, the earth naturally heats and cools, but the rate and amount we are warming now is unprecedented in the recent geologic past. We are doing this, and we must stop it. This is not some political statement or rhetoric. This is science trying to educate a crass, ignorant public of the damage they are doing. The magnitude of temperature increase ALREADY is about 10x that of the 'little ice age' of the middle ages, and rate and amount are only going up. \n\nJust to be clear, glacial and interglacial cycles are mainly controlled by astronomical fluctuations, but we have a detailed record of the last 7 cycles, and what the climate and CO2 is doing now is way different and extreme. The rate of increase is much higher than in the past AND the value itself is much higher.\n\nHI CO2: \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4467420.stm\nHOCKEY STICK: \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5109188.stm\nGeneral climate stuff: \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3897061.stm
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A full description is beyond this web site. \n\nGreenhouse gases keep the earth warmer than it would be otherwise. Greenhouse gases like water vapor, carbon dioxide and methane prevent heat from the earth from escaping into space. \n\nHumans might be increasing the number of greenhouse gases in the air. This might cause it to get warmer. Some call this global warming. \n\nHowever, it might cause storms to get worse, or it to get colder too. It is more properly called global change.
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1. continental drifting\n\nVery slow but substantial changes.\n\n2. changes in sun's energy\n\nSuspected to be large, but not yet demonstrated conclusively.\n\n3. variations in the positions of the earth relative to the sun\n\nFairly small effect. \n\n4. volcaic eruptions\n\nLarge observable effects in global temperature etc. \n\n5.greenhouse effect\n\nKeeps the earth about 60 degrees F warmer than it would be otherwise.\n\n6. global warming\n\nIn the last hundred years, the earth has warmed measurably. It is not clear if this is due to human activities or not, but many suspect it is.\n\n7. air pollution\n\nHas increased the ozone depletion at the poles in springtime, which introduces more UV lower into the air column. This might be changing the climate, although it is not known for sure.\n\nAlso blocks sunlight locally near sources of soot. It is not clear how big an effect this has globally, but it might be a cooling factor. \n\nAcid rain produced by S02 emissions has been involved in some deforestation, which has probably had an effect on the climate, but again this is not known for sure.
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Almost all of Earth's internal temperature is radiated outward from its molten core. There is also some heating, particularly nearer the Earth's surface, resulting from physical stresses brought on by Earth's rotation, motion around the Sun, and by gravitational interaction with the Moon.
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Yes, the earth is running hot because many anthropogenic activities  are taking place and are at the peak level mainly Global warming and Greenhouse effect.\nbec of this phenomena the temperature is rising high and due to this the polar ice inthe polar region is melting soon and due to this activity there will be rise in thewater level there by reduction in the land surface.\nIF THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY. We can try to minimize it but can't fully suceed ! So unless and untill we try the temperature will go on.
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It does not increase the temp. of the earth. It changes the weather pattern of the earth. What increases the temp. is tall of the cows farting, cars, and global warming itself.