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REDEMPTION OF THE BEAST – The Carbon Cycle and the Demonization of CO2 part 4

REDEMPTION OF THE BEAST – The Carbon Cycle and the Demonization of CO2 part 4

April 26, 2017 by Comments are Disabled

Read part 3 here. Tropical Response to CO2 A study appeared in Trends in Ecology & Evolution in the year 2000 that looked at the response of tropical forests to the increasing amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The authors, Yadvinder Malhi and John Grace, were with the Institute of Ecology and Resource Management, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Their report, appearing […]

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Figure 5 Sherwood Idso showing a succession of pine trees of the same age and grown under identical conditions except for the addition of greater concentrations of carbon dioxide. The tree on the left is grown under ambient concentrations and the trees to the right with enrichment above ambient as shown. Source: Moore, Patrick (2016

REDEMPTION OF THE BEAST – The Carbon Cycle and the Demonization of CO2 – Part 2

March 13, 2017 by 1 comment

Read part 1 here: After 21 more years of study, one of these authors, the late Sylvan Wittwer, (who passed away in 2012 at the age of 95) reiterated the fact that there were benefits to the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide. But then he went on to say something else very interesting. He, along with co-author Emeritus Professor of […]

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