Methane is lighter than air
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over_clox@lemmy.world 4 days agoDoes the warm carbon dioxide and other warm gaseous compounds sink or float?
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 4 days ago
Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I guess warm breath rises, you can see it in winter when your breath is visible.
However, co2 is not present as a gas in your body, but bound to hemoglobin, so I think it only becomes a gas again in your lungs. Same as farts only forming “outside” your body in your intestines.