Submitted by purvel t3_zsxwdb in askscience
Skipp_To_My_Lou t1_j1db52e wrote
Reply to comment by th3krackan in Can our bodies tolerate environments without oxygen? by purvel
Our atmosphere is mostly nitrogen already, so you probably wouldn't notice any difference. Since there would be a higher gas pressure of nitrogen in the air than in the blood, the lungs would absorb inhaled nitrogen, then because there would be a lower gas pressure of oxygen & CO2 in the air than in the blood the lungs would expel those gasses. The exchanging oxygen out part would happen in any oxygen-deficient atmosphere, like e.g. an argon purge or very thin air, like if an airplane's cabin depressurizes.
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