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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sam who wrote (16438)	9/27/2007 2:33:33 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

I don't doubt that dead zones in the ocean are one important factor. 20-30% reduction in phytoplankton in the Northern Pacific ocean over the past 20 years is pretty significant, wouldn't you say? gsfc.nasa.gov And let's say that it's a more conservative reduction on a global scale, say 6%: mindfully.org That's approximately 6% reduction in a 60,000 GT C02 sequestration cycle. planktos.com Wouldn't you agree that a 6% reduction in phytoplankton on a global basis would have a SIGNIFICANT impact in causing an increase in the levels of atmospheric CO2? So wouldn't you agree that finding out why plankton are failing to thrive is probably more logical than just assigning all of the CO2 increases to man-made production? And regardless of whether you agree with ocean fertilization or not, isn't it CRITICAL to figure out why there are dead zones in the oceans? Hawk

To: Sam who wrote (16438)	9/27/2007 3:18:01 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

Near-Normal 2006 Hurricane Season Blamed on Global Warming According to award-winning Harvard global warming researcher, Prof. Simon Ivorytower, global warming theory predicts increases in all kinds of weather. "Not only does global warming theory predict more storms, more droughts, more floods, it also predicts more normal weather as well. This is what makes global warming theory so powerful…it can explain anything", Prof. Ivorytower told ecoEnquirer. ecoenquirer.com