TITLE:
Do Increasing Contents of Methane and Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere Cause Global Warming?
AUTHORS:
G. V. Chilingar, O. G. Sorokhtin, L. F. Khilyuk, M. Liu
KEYWORDS:
Global Warming, Carbonate Dioxide, Methane
JOURNAL NAME:
Atmospheric and Climate Sciences,
Vol.4 No.5,
November
17,
2014
ABSTRACT:
In the Earth atmosphere, methane gradually converts into carbon dioxide which, according to the conventional anthropogenic theory of global warming, is the main driver of global climate change. The authors investigated the greenhouse effect of methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere using their tested adiabatic model, which relates the global temperature of troposphere to the atmospheric pressure and solar activity. This model allows one to analyze the global temperature changes due to variations in mass and chemical composition of the atmosphere. Even significant releases of anthropogenic carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere do not change average parameters of the Earth’s heat regime and have no essential effect on the Earth’s climate. Thus, petroleum production and other anthropogenic activities resulting in accumulation of additional amounts of methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have practically no effect on the Earth’s climate.