How much does our atmosphere weigh in total?

Question

Just wondering if stuff like global warming, volcanoes, etc add any measurable weight to the our atmosphere and what affect this could have on humans.

Answer 1

finally a real question about something real

unfortunately I cant help

I just like the idea of someone actually thinking

Answer 2

Since the earth surface is 790,854,451,200,000,000 million square inches and the weight of one square inch of atmosphere at sea level weighs 14.7lbs. Then the total weight of the atmosphere is 1,162,556,043,264,000,000,000 lbs. Which I think is 1 sextillion lbs.

Since there are 2000lbs in a ton then the earths atmosphere weight in tons is 5,812,780,216,320,000 tons so the closest answer would be the last one. Which I think is 6 quadrillion tons

Obviously the entire earth is not level with the sea and other factors.

Obviously my math may be wrong so you probably should recalculate at least 3 times. Forward and backward.

Also with the threat of global warming and such the ozone is depleting and therefore thinning out the atmosphere.