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Burning forests will increase the CO₂ level, but since there is no "local global warming", the effect is diluted over the whole planet, and I'd be very surprise

• coliveira 5y ago
  Except that is not happening only in the NW. From Australia to Siberia to the Amazon forest, you see the same pattern.
• cryptoz 5y ago
  > since there is no "local global warming" There is, though. Climate change has different impacts depending on where you are. Some areas are rising in temperature much much faster than others. The arctic is a good example of 'local global warming'. > I'd be very surprised if the feedback effect is at all significant Prepare to be surprised. Even if there are 1000 factors each of them only contributing .1% to the total, it is still the case that each one of the 1000 factors is significant.
  • Denvercoder9 5y ago
    You're right that some areas are impacted more by climate change, but that's not correlated with the areas that emit more CO2. In other words: local emissions don't determine local warming.
    • cryptoz 5y ago
      I really don't think that's true, or at least, it's not as clear-cut as you are asserting. There is at least healthy debate about the issue and it is definitely not a closed case of "local emissions don't determine local warming". As far as I can tell, local emissions do relate to increased local warming. Here's a source https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-carbon-dioxide-domes-affect-health/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-carbon-dioxid...