Low-emission cows: farming responds to climate warning
Farmers to promote cows who don't f***
PatNotFat
#4
That might suggest I donāt ābelieveā in global warming.
The science is certain Iām afraid.
atomicspacebunny
(Bunny)
#6
That whole environmental methane gas thing is vegan agenda <== figures? Has nothing to do with climate change or global warming <== is natural and better for living beings, it means the earths ozone layer (is increasing) and electromagnetic field is becoming stronger (protects and shields us from the sun and cosmic radiation)!
āā¦ 30 AUGUST 2018 - Exploring the Arctic climate system
āā¦ Spearheaded by Germanyās Alfred Wegener Institute, the ā¬120 million Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) mission aims to answer some of the biggest scientific questions about the Arctic, including investigating why the region is warming twice as fast as the global average.āā¦ NERC Associate Director of Research Ned Garnett said: āWe know that the dramatic changes in the Arctic climate system and the rapid decline in the extent of Arctic sea ice in summer has a major impact on our global climate. ā¦ā
āā¦"However, we donāt yet adequately understand this warming process, and a lack of year-round observations in the central Arctic makes predicting future changes in the area very challenging. This gap in our understanding of the Arctic climate is one of the most pressing problems in predicting global climate change.ā
He said, as part of the MOSAiC programme, world-class scientists from the UK will join international counterparts on the Polarstern to help scientists to better predict changes in the Arctic and globally. ā¦āā¦More
Dread1840
(Chris)
#7
And as far as cows causing it. If itās anything to do with humans, NASA found fracking to be more of a threat than livestock. When cows eat their natural diet, they sequester much more carbon than they release. Ruminants are glorious.
OldDoug
(Doug)
#8
Bunny, itās a subject thatās akin to religion for some peopleā¦ Iāve seen nuttiness on both sides of the argument. Not saying we are headed for imminent catastrophe, but I also wouldnāt dismiss it outright. Thereās a lot of baloney financed by interests that want the issue to āgo away,ā and thereās some ludicrous stuff thatās come from people/government interests who want to get in on the āanti-global-warmingā money train or promote more taxation and govāt control.
The electromagnetic field varies in a complex way, and itās hard to predict what will happen. The ozone is indeed increasing - the āholeā over Antarctica is decreasing in size - but as far as I know this is due to lesser usage of CFCs (where there isnāt any rational doubt that they effect ozone, from everything Iāve read).
Methane gas does matter. We produce less of it, about 1/8 as much as CO2, and it doesnāt last as long in the atmosphere, but itās also 25+ times more efficient at retaining heat in the atmosphere.
With the increased CO2 in the air, plants do grow better. Regardless of dismissal or cries of doom, the world is changing in interesting ways.
On the carbon dioxide thing - thereās an overall carbon cycle of release and absorption thatās almost entirely in balance, without the effects of humanity. The ānaturalā CO2 is a lot more than what people produce, but the additonal amount from human activity is resulting in a cumulative build-up. Roughly 40% of the āextraā that we make gets absorbed, while the remaining 60% remains in the air and thus the CO2 concentration rises.
Ken, Gore did/does go too far - I grant you that, and some of his predictions have already shown to be false. Yet Spencer does not deny that humans are causing at least some of the global warming. Heās also been wrong plenty of times in the past, and engaged in his own brand of ācrazy science.ā
We donāt know whatās going to happen - thus far, computer models arenāt working out well, for the most part. I think many people expect ālinear change,ā and thus it may be easy for some to really latch on to a gloom-and-doom scenario. Whatever happens in the long run, I wonāt be around to see where it ends up - 60th birthday is next year. Wish I could get a glance at things 100 years hence, 200ā¦