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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (264339)	6/16/2002 1:04:40 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Decomposition of litter and dead trees emits CO2 through respiration of the decay organisms. Nature is so much more powerful than mere humans, I don't think there is a whole lot we can do about "The Music of What Happens." Message #264340 from Thomas A Watson at Jun 16, 2002 9:19 AM But Dave, then thinking about it. Depending upon the cycle time. All growth carbon is not really fixed. It is in a sense but it is really still part of the ever changing carbon cycle. Now its my understanding however the CO2 dissolved into the ocean gets fixed into far more, for almost forever carbonates, and that is a hmmm,,, a more real sink. But also residue of composting contains lots of carbon and so if all plants grow faster in an enriched CO2 environment, then each year more leave litter will form and a thicker carpet of humus will be created and this will sink a lot more carbon. With warmer weather on average their will be more rain and more time to grow. A change in growing season of several days is a real percent or several of the season. So the question is where is the steady state balance of sources and sinking. And will any climate change really be bad or good. But what always gets me is that the output of the sun can change buy multiple percentage points over it's cycles of days, years, decades and eons. Tweaking CO2 ??, I also know that if one stands in the sun and a cloud passing over I can feel the difference and I don't think it's measured in millionth. tom watson tosiwmee