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If that were the only factor, sure. But there's also drought, heat stress, invasive insects migrating to higher latitudes, and topsoil loss. Forests in the west
by DennisP 5y ago
If that were the only factor, sure. But there's also drought, heat stress, invasive insects migrating to higher latitudes, and topsoil loss. Forests in the western US, for example, are not benefiting from climate change.
- citilife 5y agoPrior to humans industrializing the Sahara desert was green, 11,000 - 5,000 years ago. https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/green-sahara-african-humid-periods-paced-by-82884405 https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/green-saha... The world regularly adjusts, California has had more fires historically (and less). https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/02/09/1112839109 https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/02/09/1112839109 I agree things are changing, but it's not clear who or what is causing it. That's really my only thoughts on the subject. Seems CO2 has a smaller impact than what ever has caused the Sahara to turn into a desert.
- 09bjb 5y agoHere's a to-scale visual timeline of the earth's temperature change over the last 20,000 years. See if you can find anything anomalous ;) https://xkcd.com/1732/ https://xkcd.com/1732/
- useragent86 5y agoClassic XKCD: an incredibly tall image that ends in the Hockey Stick. The winky face is what really settles it, though. QED. ;)