Barking up all the wrong trees

Oldest Utah newspaper: Bark-beetle driven wildfires comprise a vicious climate cycle 3

Joseph Romm is the editor of Climate Progress and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

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  1. Biodiversivist's avatar

    Biodiversivist Posted 2:04 am
    18 Sep 2008

    Most people think global warmingmeans slowly rising water along coasts and slightly warmer weather. In reality, it means drastic ecosystem imbalance across the planet. The odds of hitting a tipping point (when something happens that causes an irreversible, severe, and rapid change) increases the longer we let GHG build and continue to denude the planet of carbon sinks.

    In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world
  2. Spence's avatar

    Spence Posted 5:51 am
    18 Sep 2008

    Feedback Loops! Feedback Loops! Feedback Loops!This is the concept the public must grasp. Feedback loops in nature are how evolution plays out, as different species of eons found balance with each other. When you radically alter this environment, these loops break down. This is a textbook case of a parasite killing its host because what kept it in check (cold winters) has changed. Let's pound this into the public consciousness. It's the feedback loops, stupid!
  3. Backcut Posted 5:43 am
    20 Sep 2008

    I told you so!!8^X

    Scenic pics at http://Lhfotoware.blogspot.com

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