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Temperature goes down with latitude or altitude going up.


23 posted on 04/29/2012 5:57:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv
Temperature goes down with latitude or altitude going up.

Duh! About 5 Deg F per 1000 feet as I recall. (I used to be a pilot.) Temperature isn't the problem for grass. There's plenty of grass in Florida. The problem for all vegetation is that at some point there just isn't enough CO2 in the atmosphere for it to grow, Al Gore notwithstanding.

ML/NJ

25 posted on 04/29/2012 6:04:05 PM PDT by ml/nj
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