Gases

This is the first in a series of posts designed to share some of the nitty-gritty science behind global warming. The first part of my study is to brush up on thermodynamics. This is extremely important for climate science! We’re especially interested in the behavior of earth’s atmosphere, and thermodynamics deals with (among other things) the behavior of gases. So, that’s where we’ll start. I’ll start at the very beginning, so this post will be very elementary for those who are already familiar with basic physics, but very essential for those who are not.