El Nino Fires A Key Source Of Greenhouse Gases

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 6, 2004 @12:08PM from the where-there's-smoke-there's-CO2 dept.

core plexus writes "Science Daily has an interesting article suggesting that El Nino-related fires may be a significant source of 'Greenhouse Gases.' By combining satellite data and measurements of atmospheric gases, they have quantified for the first time the amount of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane, emitted by these fires. In addition, the scientists determined that almost all of the increased levels of methane measured during 1997 and 1998 can be attributed to the worldwide fires at the time, underscoring the impact El Nino has on methane emissions."

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Re:Dammit! by Ieshan · 2004-01-06 12:44 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Doesn't nino mean "The Child" or "The younger one"?

If you read the post substituting "the younger one" for each occurance of El Nino, it doesn't sound half un-bushlike.

You might have to replace "fires" with "bombing", though.