<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Oldest Utah newspaper: Bark-beetle driven wildfires comprise a vicious climate cycle]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/barking-up-all-the-wrong-trees/ Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:04:42 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/barking-up-all-the-wrong-trees/1 Most people think global warming

means 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

]]> Most people think global warming

means 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

]]> Comment #2 by Spence http://www.grist.org/article/barking-up-all-the-wrong-trees/ Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:51:31 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/barking-up-all-the-wrong-trees/2 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!

]]> 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!

]]> Comment #3 by Backcut http://www.grist.org/article/barking-up-all-the-wrong-trees/ Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:43:43 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/barking-up-all-the-wrong-trees/3 I told you so!!

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]]> I told you so!!

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

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