One cannot assume that the forests that are burning down from wildfires will be replaced with new forests over time. If the local climate has warmed and there is much less rainfall then the new vegetation in the region may be savannah or even shrublands instead of forests.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Stevens Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [geo] Re: Offtopic : Did IPCC 'Lowball' Sea Level Rise And Climate Sensitivity? | ThinkProgress Another Factor that i've realized of late is the number and size of wildfires. The fires themselves have a most likely negligible effect on regional temperatures, but the deforestation and the huge emission of CO2 as a direct result of this is nothing to sneeze at either. Warming has slowed, precisely because climate change is occurring on a structural level. Like ice melting to water, we're transitioning right now in the oceans to a state where things will be completely broken: the convective currents will be slowing and possibly stopp altogether in some places, which will undeniably have catastrophic results. I'll come back to this. This is compelling stuff. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
