Pine Forest Vapor Particles Can Limit Climate Change 124
Solo-Malee writes "New research suggests a strong link between the powerful smell of pine trees and climate change. Scientists say they've found a mechanism by which these scented vapors turn into aerosols above boreal forests. These particles promote cooling by reflecting sunlight back into space and helping clouds to form."
Freebreeze to the rescue (Score:2, Insightful)
So we just need to produce pine fresh aerosol to fix the global warming? Well thats ironic to say the least.
Complicated (Score:5, Insightful)
The world keeps amazing us because the way it works is ever more complicated than we thought.
Re:Freebreeze to the rescue (Score:1, Insightful)
So we just need to produce pine fresh aerosol to fix the global warming? Well thats ironic to say the least.
Why? An analogy I have seen is climate as a car speeding towards a cliff, and that waiting to get more data isn't enough.
The suggested solution have been to remove the foot from the pedal and eventually the car will come to a halt.
If I were to agree with the analogy I wouldn't just release the gas, I would hit the brake. That would be an active solution.
Actively trying to prevent global warming by releasing chemicals that reverse the effect of greenhouse gases would be like braking.
The problem is that there is a political movement that is more concerned with reducing human impact on the environment than with actually saving it, they give fuel to the other side that doesn't care about the environment but just want the hippies to leave their back yard.
If people were really concerned about the environment then it would be irrelevant if global warming was man made or not, if a natural climate changed with lead to catastrophic consequences we would still have to do something about it.
Re:Mother Nature Seems To Love Irony (Score:2, Insightful)
Aha! So it's actually ENTOMOgenic climate change.
Someone get the torches and the pitchforks, we've got some scapebeetles to lynch.
Re:Freebreeze to the rescue (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Ha ha ha! (Score:2, Insightful)
> Fucking Asians.
Mmmm. One of my favourite hobbies :)
Re:Complicated (Score:4, Insightful)