Mar
Soil emits a heap more CO2 than man
According to a new study, “Annual carbon emissions from soils are estimated to be more than all human-made CO2 emissions combined.”
That’s right — and I’m not making it up — unlike some other institutions we know.
Finnish researchers have called for a revision of climate change estimates after their findings showed emissions from soil would contribute more to climate warming than previously thought.
The research, which appears in the February issue of the journal Ecology, shows that “the present standard measurements underestimate the effect of climate warming on emissions from the soil.”
The researchers from the Finnish Environment Institute write that, “The error is serious enough to require revisions in climate change estimates.”
So, you’re suggesting that the IPCC got their figures wrong again?
So now compost heaps are bad (methane gas) and concreting your garden is good (CO2)?
I’m not sure the IPCC is going to be able to dig their way out of this one.
Source: ABC Science
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The important part of propaganda is to leave out the important fact that would make everyone go ‘So what’s your problem?’.
I suggest that Al Gore and Dr Pachauri end their alarmist speeches with this fact at the end, and see what reaction they get.
It would be nice if they included one fact, at least.
suggest that Al Gore and Dr Pachauri end their alarmist speeches with this fact at the end, and see what reaction they get.
hhmmmmmmmmmmmm.
do you think that these two jokers would know a fact if it bit them on their butts!
Hollywood climate science, the only kind of climate science that Gore, Hansen, Pachauri and Cameron preach.
I ran a compost pile for my garden. It generated heat. The heat continued in the winter. In turning it over with a pitch fork, I allowed more air to bring in O2 for decay.
Same with the ocean. It generates most of the CO2 on this planet from dead plants and animals.
AGW supporters only ever speak half the truth. The half that supports their view. A compost heap produces methane and CO2. Forests produce methane too. They can’t help it because they produce forest litter that decomposes and I’m sure I found an article that detected methane ‘blooms’ over forests.
I saw another hysterical article that said ‘plants don’t produce methane’, which is half true. On the same basis, cows don’t produce methane. Plants act as a vector to carry methane held in the soil or water, and they put it in the atmosphere. In the same way that cows that don’t eat, don’t produce methane.
The IPCC report was propaganda. It wasn’t wrong in all instances. It just ignored science that didn’t agree with their view. My teacher would have thrown it in the trash can.
Yeah, bacteria produce methane and bacteria are everywhere — in the soil, in the cow, in the human. They going to try and tax bacteria now?
If the planet had a problem with bacteria, then might be a bit late in the day to worry about it now!
I can see the next headline…Bacteria Causes Global Warming!…lol
Same carbon goes round and round. Just take a look at the soil you can see whether it has plenty of organic matter in it. Plants grow and plants die, that’s normal.
When farmers come forward and start saying how they can see their soil changing as the climate changes, then it might be time to pay attention. I’ve noticed that on the whole farmers don’t pay much attention to the Green parties, and the Green parties don’t get far doing any farming. This should tell you something.
Though the article was taken out of context, it has to do with deforestation’s effect on the environment. “The institute said a 100% to 200% increase of forest biomass was needed to offset the increasing carbon emissions from soil, whereas previous estimates called for a 70% to 80% increase.”
Why offset loss of soil C with forest biomass? Not that you couldn’t, but really, forest does not have all that much. And it is vulnerable to the fire. Makes more sense to replenish soil C.
They were trying to make a point by presenting ressearch. I am just using their research to make another point. The problem is that if you go out counting ants, you don’t see the elephants. Don’t blame me if their research has other implications.
If anything I understated their findings if you look at their actual lresearch, so I’ll quote.
http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?contentid=351370&lan=en&clan=en
“Soil contributes to climate warming more than expected – Finnish research shows a flaw in climate models”
No context out of place there, and that last comment gives me that warm fuzzy feeling.
“Already now the carbon dioxide emissions from soil are ten times higher than the emissions of fossil carbon. A Finnish research group has proved that the present standard measurements underestimate the effect of climate warming on emissions from the soil.”
Ten times – glad you made me look it over again. We must kill soil.