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If this research holds up to scrutiny all we probably need to do about CO2 is
to plant more trees, especially in countries like India where vast areas have
been de-forested and massive re-forestation needs to take place.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091230184221.htm
Excerpts:
Most of the carbon dioxide emitted by human activity does not remain in the
atmosphere, but is instead absorbed by the oceans and terrestrial ecosystems.
In fact, only about 45 percent of emitted carbon dioxide stays in the
atmosphere.
To assess whether the airborne fraction is indeed increasing, Wolfgang Knorr of
the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol reanalyzed
available atmospheric carbon dioxide and emissions data since 1850 and
considers the uncertainties in the data.
In contradiction to some recent studies, he finds that the airborne fraction of
carbon dioxide has not increased either during the past 150 years or during the
most recent five decades.
The research is published in Geophysical Research Letters.
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