Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Why biodiversity increase from global warming is not good news | Flora Malein | Environment | guardian.co.uk
"I don't think that there is any good news here", says Mayhew.
New research: Plant reaction to CO2 means fewer clouds, more heat - National Paeleontology | Examiner.com
When plant pores close earlier in the day the plants release less water vapor through the pores. A lower water vapor content in the atmosphere means fewer cumulus clouds are formed.

Fewer cumulus clouds mean more sunlight can reach the Earth and increase the temperature more rapidly.
Three Years Since The Last Multi-Year Ice Melted | Real Science
But it is worse than it seems. According to PIOMAS, the ice is much thinner now than it was in 2009 – when all that was left was thin, rotten first-year ice.
IEEE SPECTRUM September 2012
[Argument over the value of solar focuses on Spain]

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