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When you're looking at something complex on the scale of the earth, it's easy to cherry pick data, even accidentally (we call that bias), to paint whatever pict
by tryonenow 6y ago
When you're looking at something complex on the scale of the earth, it's easy to cherry pick data, even accidentally (we call that bias), to paint whatever picture you want. Right now there's immense institutional pressure against any research that is critical of climate change, so it's hard for me to trust anything in that field. There are indications that increased CO2 concentration is a huge boon to crop growth.
- minikites 6y ago>there's immense institutional pressure against any research that is critical of climate change There's also immense institutional pressure against "research" showing the Earth is the center of the solar system or "research" that evolution isn't real. It's not a conspiracy if the pressure is fighting falsehoods.
- nix23 6y agoWell it's kind of easy, if the downsides overweight the upsides your on a slippery slope earth-wise: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ask-the-experts-does-rising-co2-benefit-plants1/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ask-the-experts-d...
- OrbitRock 6y agoUnless rising vapor pressure deficit undoes your gains from CO2 fertilization: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/8/eaax1396 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/8/eaax1396