Tim Ball: Who is speaking for the plants?

The full proverb says, “Give a dog a bad name and hang him.” They’ve given carbon dioxide (CO2) a bad name and it is now being hanged by draconian and completely unnecessary legislation. Consider this comment by Susan Solomon, NOAA senior scientist, ”I think you have to think about this stuff (CO2) as more like nuclear waste than acid rain: The more we add, the worse off we’ll be,” An alarmist, outrageous and completely unsupportable comment, but not surprising from the co-chair of Working Group I of the IPCC 2007 report.

The reality is if CO2 is reduced we are worse off as the plants suffer. Something must be done to protect the plants from fanaticism.

Embarrassing CO2 hysteria from the CEO of an aquarium - The Boston Globe

Marine turtles, hardy survivors for millions of years, will be challenged by the flooding of low-lying nesting beaches, or sand temperatures too high for egg incubation.
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Bud Ris is president and chief executive officer of the New England Aquarium, which is co-sponsoring a Climate Change Symposium Feb. 5.

Gulfnews: Chill in the sea spells trouble for turtles

As reptiles, turtles slow down as their body temperatures drop. Currently, with the sea temperature in the Arabian Gulf dropping to 13 degrees Celsius, the younger, juvenile Hawksbills are struggling.

"This is not a man-made problem - it is natural, but it is a tough one for juveniles. They can come in covered in their own weight in barnacles. They get weak with the cold weather and the barnacles multiply and grow bigger, which makes it difficult for a turtle to get around or come to the surface for air," said Baverstock.