We are continuing to add carbon and all sorts of elements into our atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. If we are actively adding more gasses into the air, are we “pumping” our atmosphere up like a tire as a result? Or are we just reducing the amount of free oxygen in the air by combining it with carbon?
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We are! It’s just that the only thing containing the air is gravity. Air will fill whatever container it is in. Well this air isn’t in a container. When you increase the amount of air, it increases the pressure, the pressure exerts force in all directions, now air in the upper atmosphere goes just a tiny bit higher to bring everything back to equilibrium.
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