• ra1d3n@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I assume that the other greenhouse gasses would still be plenty good at their job. Why do you assume that the drop would be catastrophic?

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      1 year ago

      CO2's share of the greenhouse effect is pretty significant (about 20% afaik), and the other gases wouldn't just fill the gap. So it would get quite a bit colder.

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        1 year ago

        AFAIK without any greenhouse gasses the temperature would be about -18 °C so 20% of about 45 is 9° C which is a drop from +25 to about +16 which is quite cold but not exactly humanity ending cold, right?