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Global Warming Stopped By Adding Lime To Sea
Antiglobalism writes "Scientists say they have found a workable way of reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere by adding lime to seawater. And they think it has the potential to dramatically reverse CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere, reports Cath O'Driscoll in SCI's Chemistry & Industry magazine published today."
What is being talked about here is influence of the seasonal radiative forcing change from the earth's wobble around the sun (the well established Milankovitch theory of ice ages), combined with the positive feedback of ice sheet albedo (less ice = less reflection of sunlight = warmer temperatures) and greenhouse gas concentrations (higher temperatures lead to more CO2 leads to warmer temperatures). Thus, both CO2 and ice volume should lag temperature somewhat, depending on the characteristic response times of these different components of the climate system. Ice volume should lag temperature by about 10,000 years, due to the relatively long time period required to grow or shrink ice sheets. CO2 might well be expected to lag temperature by about 1000 years, which is the timescale we expect from changes in ocean circulation and the strength of the "carbon pump" (i.e. marine biological photosynthesis) that transfers carbon from the atmosphere to the deep ocean.
Here's another useful article:
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change/dn11659
I tend to label anyone who jumps on the usual tired and thoroughly disproven arguments against controversial scientific topics while asserting their argument as fact. If they honestly didn't know, a quick Google search would turn up an answer, and they wouldn't be adamant about their position.
No attempt to learn = no desire to know = possibly just disinterested or lazy.
No attempt to learn + adamance = desire to not know.
I've dealt with plenty of GW deniers and creationists before, those equations are very good at identifying them.
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
You're a moron. 'The cultists, as you call them, have not given this article any credibility. And far from 'the cultists' wanting to stripmine the desert and haul it to the ocean, it is....*drumroll*
Exxon! Who wants to abuse the tax breaks intended for real solutions in order to subsidize their *drumroll again* drilling for natural gas!
The fact that your drivel was modded up is proof enough that all the whining about 'those liberal slashdotters' is nothing more than that. Baseless and stupid.