Posted on 06/02/2016 4:37:37 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The devastating rise in Alaska's wildfires is making global warming even worse than scientists expected, US government researchers said on Wednesday.
The sharp spike in Alaska's wildfires, where more than 5 million acres burned last year, are destroying a main buffer against climate change: the carbon-rich boreal forests, tundra and permafrost that have served as an enormous carbon sink.
Northern wildfires must now be recognised as a significant driver of climate change - and not just a side-effect, according to the report from the US Geological Survey.
The USGS warned last year that Alaska could lose about a quarter of its permafrost by 2100, accelerating climate change.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Goebbels was a rank amateur compared to these guys.
We must purge these propagandists from the USGS and other government agencies.
Using real data and reasonable assumptions, the USGS could have warned last year that Alaska could gain significant acreage of permafrost by 2100, with implications of global cooling.
Every activity increases “global warming” oh wait, I mean “climate change” with these people.
I sometimes think they are just playing games, putting this out to see if anyone believes it as they laugh at the fools they think we are.
Alaska Ping!
I thought it would because of Ancient Aliens.
All these US government agencies have become laughing stocks.
The USGS, NASA, NOAA all have been politicized.
Just like it was with Pravda of the USSR, no one believes them.
Are they back to “Warming” again? I thought that it was now “Climate Change”.
boy are you wrong!
Get with the program !!
it is now called CLIMATE DISRUPTION !
LOL\sarc
it is amazing how the MSM and NWO put this out and
the sheep lap it up-
And they didn't see the restrictions on logging as the reason for the fires in the first place?
Forest Service likely to get more money to fight wildfires, at least for a year
While thinning can help counter decades of fire suppression that has allowed forests to become dangerously and unnaturally dense, where to draw the line between thinning and more expansive logging has been a constant fight.
Snip...While Murkowski questioned the proposed funding mechanism, she also suggested that the bill did not go far enough toward easing logging in her state. She called the budget bill language "a good start" but also "a missed opportunity."
In Alaska, she said, people are "at physical risk from fire and at an economic risk from restrictions on timber harvesting."
Hmmmmmm...
Perma frost is a carbon sink? Who but a enviro wacko would have thunk that Hydrogen and oxygen solidifying would somehow adsorb carbon.
As for the Alaska forest, most trees are worthless, as the perma frost binds roots so the trees are stunted. Best way to grow a respectable tree is to melt the perma frost...
Obama’s solution. Give Alaska back to Russia. Problem solved.
What a crock.
Ban Wildfires.
Half the province of Alberta is on fire and they’re complaining about Alaska?
Don’t give that SOB any ideas! We would just become independent!
As for the trees, here is a map of the boreal forests
These climate change people are like a little boy with a hammer - everything looks like a nail. They will twist every observation to reinforce their silly theory.
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