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Juan-Carlos Gandhi ([personal profile] juan_gandhi) wrote2007-04-09 11:17 am

deforestation and global warming

As we know now, trees are not very good in getting CO2 out of the atmosphere. Grass is. Which means that logging in Amazon area leads to replacement of trees with grass, which leads to faster consumption of CO2 from the atmosphere.

What do you think. To stop global wamring, have to cut more tropical forests. To stop April snow in Texas, Florida and DC, have to preserve Amazon forests.

[identity profile] spamsink.livejournal.com 2007-04-09 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
To stop global warming, have to dig new seas and populate them with phytoplancton!

[identity profile] gmz.livejournal.com 2007-04-09 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Для начала можно затопить Нидерланды - гораздо проще, чем рыть что-то.

[identity profile] itman.livejournal.com 2007-04-09 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I was going to make pictures of cherry-blossoms under snow, but at noon there wasn't a trace of now :-( Alas, snow on cherry blossoms happens only once in 4-5 years.
BTW: Tropical forest is a great produce of oxygen. However, it is also a great consumer too. That is why, it is not generally very efficient in terms of net oxygen output.

[identity profile] spamsink.livejournal.com 2007-04-09 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Я бы предложил район Мертвого моря - туда гораздо больше поместится.

[identity profile] cema.livejournal.com 2007-04-09 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Выпьют.

[identity profile] gmz.livejournal.com 2007-04-09 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Я в географии слаб: кому там больше воды достанется (или у кого меньше земли останется)?

[identity profile] spamsink.livejournal.com 2007-04-09 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Надо смотреть на физическую карту с хорошим разрешением; как мне помнится из визуального обзора окрестностей, там все довольно симметрично, так что Израиль и Иордания примерно поровну.

[identity profile] spamsink.livejournal.com 2007-04-09 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Если соединить с океаном, зашибутся выпивать.