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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Melting Antarctic ice berg iron sequesters CO2, etc. |
| 2009-01-04 |
| Melting icebergs, so long the iconic image of global warming, are triggering a natural process that could delay or even end climate change, British scientists have found...for every percentage point increase in the amount of ice that breaks off, Prof Raiswell calculates that a further 26million tons of CO2 is removed from the atmosphere...Crucially, the scientists want to know how much algae will sink to the bottom of the ocean where the CO2 will be safely trapped. |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #8 Might they finally be getting a clue? This thing called "climate" has more moving parts and variables than we realize -- and right now, we don't even know the coefficients, much less the value and power of each of the variables in the equations. Its valuable that someone is doing basic research on parts of the system. Gutsy to do so if they contravene the Holy Writ that mandates Anthropogenic Global Warming in order to get funding. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-01-04 19:14 |
| #7 These guys discover that they know less and less every day. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2009-01-04 16:28 |
| #6 Note one thing here in this article: There is NO mention of anthropogenic global warming. There IS a strong statement that NATURE, not man, controls climate, and that the entire situation is extremely complex. There are far more unknowns than knowns, and attempting to "do something" would be hilarious if it weren't for the fact that too many politicians are involved. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-01-04 13:57 |
| #5 By golly, this whole thing is more complicated than I thought. Why, there's a pretty good career here in front of me. |
| Posted by: KBK 2009-01-04 11:59 |
| #4 Where's my ballbat ? Can I hit him twice ? |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2009-01-04 11:25 |
| #3 I think Darth you are overreacting. Prof Raiswell is mostly talking about measurement and very small scale iron seeding - enough to be able to measure the sequestration. He isn't, by any stretch of the imagination, a geoengineering advocate. And regarding nature, we mess with it every day; e.g., something as simple as choosing a color for the roof tiles changes the reflective properties of the earth - yes its a very small increment. |
| Posted by: mhw 2009-01-04 10:38 |
| #2 "You aren't god, asshats." They think they are, DV. >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-04 10:18 |
| #1 So, we need to melt the ice caps to save ourselves? Boneheads. Let nature be nature and stop trying to fuck with it. You aren't god, asshats. You can't change nature, only adapt to it. That is something our "primitive" ancestors figured out hundreds of thousand years ago. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-01-04 09:31 |