Sentences with phrase «atmospheric molecules lose»

In the midst of an extreme Antarctic freeze, atmospheric molecules lose roughly 20 percent of their room - temperature velocity.

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Briefly put, the process can be defined as a CO2 molecule absorbing a ~ 650 cm - 1 photon (equivalent to a thermal energy of about 900 K), and losing that energy to the surrounding bath of atmospheric gases.

If CO2 molecules in the atmosphere lose energy by collision with other atmospheric molecules then isn't the energy thermalized so that no photon is emitted?