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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.
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.
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.
But that does not stop them from working on climate change models. That's how they get paid. They get paid to develop models, not to be correct.
Plants absorb CO2 and emit O2. I would expect the more we emit, the better.
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.
How many global warming threads does the OP start each day? Why exactly don't we have a subforum here for global warming?
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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.
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