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To: Dinsdale
The trend in increased CO2 has no credible explanation besides human activity.

That's not true. Natural warming warms the oceans and a warmed ocean holds less CO2, just like a warmer soda is fizzier than a cold one because it holds less CO2.

Natural warming -> warmer oceans -> oceans release CO2 -> trend in increased CO2.

That's a credible explanation that does not involve human activity.

41 posted on 05/18/2007 1:09:03 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: FreedomCalls

The warming of the oceans during the 5 deg. C global temperature change between glacial and interglacial conditions is only responsible for about 10 ppm of the 80 ppm change in atmospheric CO2 concentrations (see my profile, point #5). For the currently much smaller temperature increase, the increase in CO2 from warmer oceans is essentially negligible.


114 posted on 05/18/2007 9:28:13 PM PDT by cogitator
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