[Terrapreta] CO2 rising

code suidae codesuidae at gmail.com
Thu Sep 20 12:16:19 EDT 2007


I read an article sometime in the past year or so that described how
forest can become net carbon emitters as global temperatures rise. I
have been unable to find the article again, but IIRC they were
describing research done on European forests.

Unfortunately I don't recall the description of how the rising
temperatures caused the forests to become net emitters.

Anyone familiar with this idea?

Dave K
-- 
"Our ignorance is not so vast as our failure to use what we know." -
M. King Hubbert

On 9/20/07, Sean K. Barry <sean.barry at juno.com> wrote:
> The ever increasing rate of increase is what is called an "exponential
> growth curve".  Exponential growth curves are very common in natural
> systems.
>
> From: David Yarrow
> > not only is CO2 rising, but the rate of increase is increasing.  the CO2
> > graph is an upturning curve, not a flat line.  and we have entered the phase
> > when the vertical component of the curve exceeds the horizontal -- the
> > "knee" of the curve.



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