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Re: [Phys-L] just for fun?




On 2014, Jan 03, , at 20:20, John Mallinckrodt <ajm@csupomona.edu> wrote:

I've never understood this talking point. To first order rising temperatures lead to rising levels of CO2 and rising levels of CO2 lead to rising temperatures. As John Denker has already pointed out, it's a positive feedback loop.


One not mentioned (phys-l) is detailed in a recent (one year ago?) New Yorker, CO2 sequestered in the now melting tundra.


bc has a challenged memory.

Wrong it’s conversion of C to CO2 by bacteria:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=melting-tundra-releases-carbon-dioxide-quickly