As the forum has grown to a quite large place, it might be useful to have a science basics thread. Kind of 'RTFM' or 'FAQ' of old. Sure, there are some details to be discussed in most scientific issues like the one with the band broadening questioned by Gerlich & Tschesuner some years back which was properly refuted by better men than me. But surely, there are some common questions and misunderstanindings that take up a whole lotta space elsewhere.
Like a list of simple facts like the one I recently had to check, methane is indeed lighter than air and thus accumulates to TOA in the tropics where massive sprite lightning may destroy some of it...
Or the one I messed up with the MJO confusing the segments on the standard plot.
Like some regular absorption diagrams for common gases. Or a list of heats of fusion and vaporization and the associated temperatutes.
Well, maybe this is a stupid idea, referring to skeptical science is likely always a good choice. But still, should there f.e. be some basic explanation of entropy, blackbody radiation, entalphy, well energy diagrams of chemical reactions and such on a site that mainly deals with ice on natural environments and social cost of carbon (for a lack of a better phrase)? Once there'd be enough info the thread should be locked down.
