Heavier Than Carbon

a pinch of one gas outweighs a flood of another.

nudge three gases the same amount — feel which one moves the needle

Raising each gas the same amount does not warm the same: a tonne of methane or nitrous oxide traps far more heat than a tonne of carbon dioxide. The multipliers are real IPCC hundred-year warming potentials.

Concepts: ecology, heat.

An interactive you play with one thumb, on Wundr.