>From the same NYTimes article " Globally, one-fifth of the world's carbon emissions come from the destruction of rain forests, scientists say. It is unknown how much of that is being canceled out by forest that is in the process of regrowth. It is a crucial but scientifically controversial question, the answer to which may depend on where and when the forests are growing."
-----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 3:01 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: climate raw data destroyed On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Scott Stewart <sstwebwo...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > NatGeo made some good points the other night... > > Is the planet warming: yes Based on the raw data or the fudged data? > Is it generally cyclical: yes > Is the planet warming faster than in previous cycles, their data says yes > Their question is "Is man contributing to the accelerated cycle" they > believe that we are.. What data? > Before Sam pitches the CO2 is harmless argument, you're right with this > caveat: > > As long as there is enough plant life using the CO2 produced, to maintain a > 21% Oxygen saturation level in the atmosphere.. If atmospheric oxygen > saturation levels drop below 21% mammalian life starts dying off. > > For anyone that didn't pay attention in 1st grade science class, Homo > Erectus (modern man) is a mammal. > > Were destroying forests at a rate of 8.86 Million Hectares/year since 1990, > nature can't keep up. The Amazon Rain forest alone accounts for 30% of the > total atmospheric oxygen production it has lost over 600,000 square > kilometers of forest since 1970... > > Note: there are no known non plant species that breathe C02 and produce > oxygen as a by-product. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/science/earth/30forest.html?pagewanted=1&_ r=2&hp By one estimate, for every acre of rain forest cut down each year, more than 50 acres of new forest are growing in the tropics on land that was once farmed, logged or ravaged by natural disaster. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309288 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
