[vannrox]

Cool.

[Blueflag]

YEARS ago, the Sahara was not a desert. When CO2 levels dropped, the plants could not survie, and desert sand encroached, unchallenged by soil/sand holding roots.

How 'bout THAT for a theory!!

If only we had more CO2, N Africa would be a thriving green-land.

[Blueflag]

The basics of phtotsynthesis point to plants as a carbon sink. Why is this news?

[Robert DeLong]

Great news. That 10,000 acres I own in the Mohave desert will come in handy to my great great great grandchildren.

[teeman8r]

does it get any better for the environmentalists... by agreeing on kyoto, bush would have been responsible for stopping the growth of forests.... phew.... another non-lead bullet dodged.