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Everything with these so-called "scientists" turns out to be "far more than expected" or "far less than expected". It seems they know absolutely nothing about climate change and are just guessing.
They must also know nothing about botany if they thought that rain forests give off CO2! Anyone knows plants absorb CO2 and give off oxygen.
In a typical week, there will be 2-3 threads on climate change. The bulk of them are about why someone feels it's all BS (it's cold in my city right now etc), but sometimes they're about why someone thinks it's real (98% of scientists etc). I have found that the people that buy into climate change on CD are often new posters of people that have never participated in a debate about it. The one's that cal BS are the same 15-20 people in every thread. This subject has basically turned into a left vs right thing, which is sad because science shouldn't be a left vs right thing.
Well it is a good thing science doesn't rely on the opinions on a forum site.
Only if there are enough trees. Deforestation has resulted in our CO2 buffer zone being compromised. The solution is to replant the forests we've destroyed. That will allow the planet to absorb the CO2 already in the atmosphere. I've been puzzling over why people keep talking about reducing the CO2 footprint (not a bad idea if done preemptively but we have to process the CO2 we've already released to have an impact here) when large forests are capable of processing massive amounts of CO2. It's not our increased CO2 production that is the problem. Deforestation is a bigger problem.
Yes the rain forests can absorb the CO2 IF they are large enough. Unfortunately, we keep cutting them down. If you want to get rid of a massive amount of CO2 then plant a massive number of large trees and let them grow. We need our forests back. Particularly our rain forests because they grow the fastest and, hence, can absorb more CO2 than other types of forests.
I do believe we have a CO2 problem but I don't think it's emission that is the problem. I think we've rendered the planet incapable of processing CO2 through deforestation. Unfortunately, there is no money in replanting the forests so no one talks about it. There is money to be made in reducing CO2 through technology and money to be made chopping down the rain forests to plant the land so that's what we do. We put a bandaid on a severed vein and ignore that we're still bleeding. The real issue is deforestation not CO2 emissions. If the rain forests are large enough they can absorb the CO2. They are not large enough.
You are absolutely correct! And that is one of the big evils of the AGW hoax. It has totally diverted attention and resources from our real problems such as deforestation and real pollution.
The AGW hoax is not just a costly and annoying movement, but it is also contributing to the destruction of our planet.
They must also know nothing about botany if they thought that rain forests give off CO2! Anyone knows plants absorb CO2 and give off oxygen.
Back in about 1948 when I was in the 5th or 6th grade, we studied this and did an experiment with plants in a CO2 atmosphere. Now the Scientists do a study? We have a problem.
You are absolutely correct! And that is one of the big evils of the AGW hoax. It has totally diverted attention and resources from our real problems such as deforestation and real pollution.
The AGW hoax is not just a costly and annoying movement, but it is also contributing to the destruction of our planet.
If we don't fix the rainforest problem, it won't be a hoax. If we are to avoid global warming due to excess CO2 we need to restore the planet's CO2 buffer which is the rain forests. Unfortunately, it may be too late for that.
Carbon dioxide emissions help tropical rainforests grow faster: Study shows trees absorb more greenhouse gas than expected
Nasa study shows tropical forests absorb 1.5 billion tonnes of CO2 a year.
Rainforests absorb more than half of CO2 taken up by vegetation globally.
Scientists previously believed tropical forests emitted carbon dioxide.
Researchers claim their findings emphasise the need to protect rainforests from deforestation to help counteract human greenhouse gas emissions.
They must also know nothing about botany if they thought that rain forests give off CO2! Anyone knows plants absorb CO2 and give off oxygen.
You need a disclaimer.... This is true DURING photosynthesis. What do plants do in the dark and after they die?
This is from scienceline
" During their lifetimes, plants generally give off about half of the carbon dioxide CO2, that they absorb, although this varies a great deal between different kinds of plants. Once they die, almost all of the carbon that they stored up in their bodies is released again into the atmosphere."
The rain forests are filled with all kinds of decaying matter that gives off CO2 and I believe that respiration occurs at night which gives off CO2 (someone who studied botany can correct me if I'm wrong here but I seem to recall being taught that plants use Oxygen at night and give off CO2). The question is when all things are considered do they absorb more or give off more. I've always been of the opinion they absorb more while living and that higher levels of CO2 results in faster plant growth but I've never studied botany.
Maybe not but more growth should equal less CO2. Time to plant rain forests.
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