To: combjelly who wrote (891312 ) 10/3/2015 2:13:26 PM From: Brumar89 Respond to Can you believe the Weiner Defender is commenting on my posts without reading them? And there is no evidence that the rate of production has changed. Nor has there been a documented increase in low level cloud formation which could be the result of an increase in isoprene production. Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research: Atmospheric chemists from France and Germany, however, can now show that isoprene can also be formed without biological sources in the surface film of the oceans by sunlight and so explain the large discrepancy between field measurements and models. The new identified photochemical reaction is therefore important to improve the climate models. Global models at the moment assume total emissions of isoprene from all sources - trees, plants, plankton, the lot - of around 1.9 megatons per year. But, according to the new research, the newly discovered "abiotic" process releases as much as 3.5 megatons on its own - which "could explain the recent disagreements" between models and reality.VOCs such as isoprene are known to be a powerful factor in the climate, as they cause the formation of aerosol particles . Some kinds of aerosol, for instance black soot, warm the world up: but the ones resulting from VOCs actually cool it down substantially by acting as nuclei for the formation of clouds. It has previously been suggested With the discovery of the new abiotic sea process, the idea that cutting carbon emissions may not be all that urgent is looking stronger . That's probably good news, as it has emerged lately that efforts to cut carbon emissions to date are having the unfortunate side effect of poisoning us all theregister.co.uk
