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To: i-node who wrote (828792)	1/9/2015 12:23:22 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573841

"Hughes – who believes global warming is actually a good thing because more carbon dioxide is good for the environment in many ways –" He's the kind of person who sits on his TV to watch his couch. “atmospheric CO2 would greatly increase agricultural production,” California Drought Drains Billions of Dollars, Thousands of Jobs usnews.com “thawing permafrost would increase by one-seventh Earth’s landmass open to extensive human habitation,” As climate change melts Arctic permafrost and releases large amounts of methane into the atmosphere, it is creating a feedback loop that is "certain to trigger additional warming," according to the lead scientist of a new study investigating Arctic methane emissions. The study released this week examined 71 wetlands across the globe and found that melting permafrost is creating wetlands known as fens, which are unexpectedly emitting large quantities of methane. Over a 100-year timeframe, methane is about 35 times as potent as a climate change-driving greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and over 20 years, it's 84 times more potent. climatecentral.org