- Re: Does anyone know if this thesis of Patrick Moore's has been effectively rebutted? - Archived Message
Posted by mack
on February 25, 2020, 9:40 pm, in reply to "Re: Does anyone know if this thesis of Patrick Moore's has been effectively rebutted? -"
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Good points, all. On this: If atmospheric CO2 is increasing exponentially then it is outstripping plant's ability to sequester it - ergo we will have runaway change if we don't alter our behaviour. All plant sequestered carbon is scheduled to be re-released back into the system at some point. Most plants (not trees, the largest store in the plant world) have short(er) life cycles, (herbaceous plants; annuals) release most of the carbon they sequester during each growing season back into the environment and the cycle continues. Adding more CO2 to the mix will make some of those plants grow more - some less - some will not be able to cope, some will thrive, and then add in a whole buch of stuff we just don't know: the consequences of uncontrolled release of co2 in regard to the effect on the whole is unknown. |