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Snowy forests 'increase (global) warming'
The Beeb (BBC News) ^ | Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 03:47 GMT | The Beeb

Posted on 04/10/2007 12:30:03 AM PDT by malamute

Original Title -- > Snowy forests 'increase warming'

Planting trees in snowy areas may worsen global warming as their canopies absorb sunlight which would otherwise be reflected by the snow, a study says.

The report in US journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says the pine forests of Europe, Siberia and Canada may contribute to warming.

Only tropical forests effectively cool the earth by absorbing carbon dioxide and creating clouds, the report says.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: aninconvenienttree; climategrifters; environment; flatulence; globalwarming
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To: malamute

Oh, I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay, I sleep all night and I work all day.

CHORUS: He's a lumberjack, and he's okay, He sleeps all night and he works all day.

I cut down trees, I eat my lunch, I go to the lavatory. On Wednesdays I go shoppin' And have buttered scones for tea.

41 posted on 04/10/2007 7:42:07 AM PDT by anglian
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To: aruanan
Brilliant! How about Gore as #1 strutting about with his kill-o-zap taking out non believers?
42 posted on 04/10/2007 8:01:39 AM PDT by gaemes
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To: gaemes

I think Ford Prefect’s reply was, “You’re a bunch of raving nutters.”


43 posted on 04/10/2007 8:44:10 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: malamute

Perhaps we should promote the crazy theories to the point of lunacy and push the evironwackos into a suicidal state.


44 posted on 04/10/2007 8:45:45 AM PDT by Fitzcarraldo (If the Moon didn't exist, people would have traveled to Mars by now.)
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To: malamute
Planting trees in snowy areas may worsen global warming as their canopies absorb sunlight

OMG, sunlight causes warming!

45 posted on 04/10/2007 10:52:29 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Why are protectionists (and goldbugs) so bad at math?)
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