http://www.i-sis.org.uk/O2DroppingFasterThanCO2Rising.php
O2 Dropping Faster than CO2 Rising Implications for Climate Change Policies New research shows oxygen depletion in the atmosphere accelerating since 2003, coinciding with the biofuels boom; climate policies that focus exclusively on carbon sequestration could be disastrous for all oxygen-breathing organisms including humans Dr. Mae-Wan Ho .. Mae-Wan Ho Comment left 22nd August 2009 06:06:43 Ben, you are missing something. First, O2 is there principally because of carbon storage time, its rate of drop currently is ~10 ppm [ per annum ], but it could well swing further downwards. ----------------------- CO2 increase is 1.8 ppm per annum - increase from 280 ppm to 380 ppm in 200 years at an accelerating rate. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/OceanCarbonSink.php "The researchers found that the average photosynthesis over all the marine stations in northeast Atlantic was 2 600 + 271 mg O2/m2/day, while the average community respiration was 3 821 + 276 mg O2/m2/day. Clearly, respiration rate was far in excess of photosynthesis. Additional evidence indicated that over the period of a year, respiration still exceeded gross production." http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GlobalWarmingPlankton.php "The plankton of the oceans will capture 4 Gt of carbon less per year by the end of this century, representing a reduction of 21 percent. This is equivalent to one-third of current worldwide emissions by industrial activities and would significantly aggravate the anthropogenic effects on climate change." Restoring the Phytoplankton of the oceans is the best solution to stop increase in GHGs in the atmosphere. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
