Another doomsday may need to be postponed
Classically Liberal
by "CLS"
11/21/06
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science has just published a new research on those 'disappearing' forests we are always hearing about. And what they found is very important regarding a host of issues from economic development to global warming. We have frequently heard it said that the rich nations of the world are plundering the planet leading to all sorts of bad things. For instance carbon in the atmosphere is believed to be a greenhouse gas. Trees absorb carbon and thus reduce the levels of greenhouse gases. So nations with decreasing forests contribute to global warming while nations with expanding forests reduce warming...
http://tinyurl.com/yafxzs
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by "CLS"
11/21/06
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science has just published a new research on those 'disappearing' forests we are always hearing about. And what they found is very important regarding a host of issues from economic development to global warming. We have frequently heard it said that the rich nations of the world are plundering the planet leading to all sorts of bad things. For instance carbon in the atmosphere is believed to be a greenhouse gas. Trees absorb carbon and thus reduce the levels of greenhouse gases. So nations with decreasing forests contribute to global warming while nations with expanding forests reduce warming...
http://tinyurl.com/yafxzs
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 22. Nov, 15:02
