Reading about it is one thing, but listening to this Stanford Prof talk through it is pretty scary. Basically he's saying we could be headed towards run-away Global Warming since the mechanisms that normally control CO2 are collapsing.
------------------------------------------------------ [Carbon dioxide] emissions are rising faster than even the most pessimistic scenarios had predicted. Dr. Chris Field, Director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University, and his colleagues, have found that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been rising precipitously. They blame three factors: a higher than expected level of economic growth, especially in Asia; increasing carbon intensity; and most alarmingly, a reduction of the rate at which land and seas are absorbing CO2. Stanford Press Release Here: http://www.ciw.edu/news/rise_atmospheric_co2_accelerates_economy_grows_natural_carbon_sinks_weaken Podcast Here: http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/media/2007-2008/mp3/qq-2007-10-27.mp3 National Academy Of Sciences Report Here: http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0702737104v1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245677 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
