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Earth has greened considerably over the past few decades.
by swader999 6y ago
Earth has greened considerably over the past few decades.
- NegativeLatency 6y agoCan you explain that?
- brabel 6y agohttps://thebarentsobserver.com/en/node/6423 https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/node/6423 "A new study reports continued climate-altering carbon emissions and intensive land use have inadvertently greened half of the Earth’s vegetated lands. Green leaves convert sunlight to sugars, thus providing food, fiber and fuel, while replacing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air with water. The removal of heat-trapping CO2 and wetting of air cools the Earth’s surface. Global greening since the early 1980s may have thus reduced global warming, possibly by as much as 0.25oC, reports the study “Characteristics, drivers and feedbacks of global greening” published in the inaugural issue of the journal Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. Two of the authors, Dr. Jarle W. Bjerke and Dr. Hans Tømmervik works at Norwegian Institute for Nature Research at the Fram Centre in Tromsø, Norway."
- rcMgD2BwE72F 6y agoA little more green on the surface because we inject a crazy volume of CO2 into the atmosphere. One can also see some good signs when injective palliative drugs into a dying organism.
- EricE 6y agoIs this where I insert the many 1970's magazine covers breathlessly declaring the coming of the next ice age as well as peak oil dooming us all? People acting like climate change is some ending event always seem to utterly discount human ingenuity to overcome problems throughout history. The real issue with effective problem solving is make sure you are solving the right problems.
- acdha 6y agoThe new ice age was a minority claim which never came close to scientific consensus: https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/06/that-70s-myth-did-climate-science-really-call-for-a-coming-ice-age/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/06/that-70s-myth-did-cl...
- swader999 6y agoIt was likely an ending event on Venus. But I agree, this isn't certain for earth. There could well be new opportunities for many regions on earth.