A conifer forest in the Swiss Alps (National Park) Image: Wikipedia
Posted on 07/19/2011 11:01:38 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Who would have ever guessed trees store carbon by utilizing the gas of plant photosynthesis, carbon dioxide, and in an “immense, profound” way? From the Institute of Arctic Biology, where they seem to see no positive benefit to this, but worry about fires and insect damages instead. In a previous story, it was shown by NASA that the biosphere is booming thanks to CO2.
A conifer forest in the Swiss Alps (National Park) Image: Wikipedia
World’s forests role in carbon storage immense, profound
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
14 July 2011
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Until now, scientists were uncertain about how much and where in the world terrestrial carbon is being stored. In the July 14 issue of Science Express, scientists report that, between 1990 and 2007, the world’s forests stored about 2.4 gigatons of carbon per year.
Their results suggest that forests account for almost all of the world’s land-based carbon uptake. Boreal forests are estimated to be responsible for 22 percent of the carbon stored in the forests. A warming climate has the potential to increase fires and insect damage in the boreal forest and reduce its capacity to sequester carbon.
“Our results imply that clearly, forests play a critical role in Earth’s terrestrial carbon balance, and exert considerable control over the evolution of atmospheric carbon dioxide,” said A. David McGuire, co-author and professor of ecology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology and co-leader of the USGS Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.
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Not that stuff!!!
Please!!!
Heaven help us... (gasp)
Haven't they learned that...wait, obviously they haven't.
Protect the forest so the first thunderstorm of a dry summer burns it all to the ground.
The "science" behind calling CO2 a greenhouse gas should be sufficient evidence to prove they have no idea of what they speak.
Gee! CO2 is a plant growth stimulator! Who knew!?
>>Next thing you know they’ll be telling us that dihydrogen monoxide is safe for humans!
Unpossible! DHMO is an extraordinarily dangerous substance, as well-documented here:
Well, it is a greenhouse gas in the sense that many commercial greenhouses elevate CO2 levels to around 3X atmospheric levels to enhance plant growth.
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