WUWT readers may recall this WUWT story from 2011: The Earth’s biosphere is booming, data suggests that CO2 is the cause, part 2 Now there is even more evidence. From From…
Category: Biomass
New paper finds solar UV-B output is correlated to global mean temperature
Map of correlations suggest it may be affecting biomass and planetary albedo. From the Hockey Schtick: A paper published today in Methods in Ecology and Evolution describes a new satellite…
Ouch. Corn biofuel could generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline
From the “we told you so back in 2010″ department and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Study casts doubt on climate benefit of biofuels from corn residue The fuel could generate…
Climate Craziness of the Week: Plants blamed for us not roasting since 1950
From the Department of irrelevant “what ifs”, and Princeton University, comes this story about what Earth would be like if we didn’t have plants pumping the carbon cycle since the…
Law of Unintended Consequences Number Eleventy-Zillion
By charles the moderator We missed this story in May, but in order to replace the use of coal in the UK, power stations are being refitted to burn wood…
Gosh, 'hidden' climate change may threaten eelgrass meadows
From the University of Gothenburg , the stuff that keeps some people awake at night. A question; why should we care? And, why should we take any of this seriously…
AGU says CO2 is plant food
Elevated carbon dioxide making arid regions greener 31 May 2013 AGU Release No. 13-24 WASHINGTON, DC—Scientists have long suspected that a flourishing of green foliage around the globe, observed since…
Another negative climate feedback: more CO2 = more plants = more aerosols = cooling
Recall a couple of days ago that I posted on the aerosols released by trees: Those dirty trees: why hasn’t the EPA called for trees to be regulated? Now, from…
Of Coconuts, the Sun, and Small Isolated Islands
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach For a few years, I managed a combination of businesses on a very remote 100 hectare (250 acre) South Pacific island. The main businesses were…
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