Climate SHOCKER: Rising CO2 is turning the world's deserts GREEN

Climate Change Goodness: Rising CO2 is turning the world's deserts GREEN

Posted By: MrFusion [Send E-Mail]
Date: Thursday, 11-Jul-2013 19:59:54

Makes me want to go out and buy a Hummer. Too bad they don't make them anymore. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Climate SHOCKER: Rising CO2 is turning the world's deserts GREEN Arid regions blossom as humanity's beneficial burning takes effect By Lewis Page, 11th July 2013 Far from turning the Earth into a baking lifeless hell as had been thought, elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 are causing the deserts of the world to bloom with new green foliage. That's according to new research from government scientists in Australia, who've been scanning the planet's formerly dry and lifeless regions using satellite imagery. "We found a strong link between the rise in atmospheric CO2 concentrations and a greening that’s been observed across many of the world’s arid environments," explains Dr Randall Donohue of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency. According to Donohue and his colleagues' research, climbing levels of CO2 in the air correlated with an 11 per cent increase in foliage cover from 1982 to 2010 across arid areas in Australia, North America, the Middle East and Africa. ~~~~~ CONTINUE AT: ~~~~~ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/11/co2_greens_the_deserts/