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Doubling of CO2 Not So Tragic After All?

carvalhao writes "The Register reports on a study from NASA and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that claims that new climate models that account for the effects of increased CO2 levels on plant growth result on a 1.64 C increase for a doubling of CO2 concentrations, a far less gloomy scenario than previously considered."

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  1. Good! by UBfusion · · Score: 0, Troll

    Now let's see when Wikileaks publishes the other models taking into account solar activity.

  2. Re:Even if it only raises temperature 1.64 degrees by jameskojiro · · Score: 1, Troll

    The animals in the ocean will just have to adapt won't they, unless you believe that the earth was created 6,000 years ago and think evolution is the devil trying to trick you, nature will find a way to fill the niches opened up by having a slightly more acidic ocean. It is called natural selection and it works pretty well the animals that can survive more acidic oceans will thrive, the ones that don't well too bad...

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  3. Re:Mod parent up! by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 0, Troll

    What accounts for the new ice-age we are entering, with year-to-year glacial expansion, and London's prospective 3rd white Christmas in a row?

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  4. Re:Pffff Warming ... ice age ... they're both comi by Tanktalus · · Score: 1, Troll

    How about dogs and cats living together? Any evidence of that? Ice sheets in Florida don't concern me. Dogs and cats living together, though... end times, man. End times.