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Politics : Politics of Energy
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To: enginer who wrote (4817)2/5/2009 12:53:17 PM
From: RetiredNow  Read Replies (3) of 86356
 
Good question. I've often wondered the same thing. Won't plants grow much more under a high CO2 atmospheric content? I would think so. I guess the hypothesis on desertification would theorize that temperatures would rise so high that it would suck all the moisture out of the air. But it would seem an intermediate phase would be the increase in swamp like conditions in many places with tropical humidity, then maybe in the latter stages of temperature increases, the moisture would dry up. Just a guess.

One thing I'm curious about is why is it that in areas with heavy pollution like in China, we see deserts expanding? Do you have any theories on that?
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