Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Freemand Dyson has another objection to climate modelling: it does not take into account the way climate interacts with biomass. Simple calculations show that even small changes in global biomass absorb huge amounts of atmospheric CO2.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/magazine/29Dyson-t.html?_r...




So, planting trees or preventing massive deforestation would be a good idea. :D


How does that mesh with the steady increase in atmospheric CO2 over the last 50+ years? I mean it seems like a simple test if the rate of absorption is slower than production then the concentration increases which it has.

PS: There is huge and then there is HUGE, once you start talking about millions of tuns of a gas it's hard to get an idea of scale.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: