You Betcha, Get out Those Snorkels, *Wink*
The bad news is that 250 million years ago, global warming almost killed the planet.
'Through the darkest days, the planet was a barren wasteland. Ocean circulation, so vital to our modern climate, had shut off. Huge algal blooms sucked the seas dry of oxygen. Poisonous hydrogen sulfide built up to lethal concentrations in the water and may have even been belched into the atmosphere, suffocating organisms on shore.'
The good news is that the 160 feet along the shoreline where the waves come in aerated the water and created a narrow band where crustaceans and other forms of life could survive until the planet cooled down again.
So if humans do unalterably again poison the planet by digging oil and coal up out of the ground and pumping carbon dioxide into our atmosphere, apparently it will be we who get boiled and the lobsters that laze about all day snapping their pincers.
posted by Juan Cole @ 10/04/2008 04:36:00 PM
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Nature always wins in the long run -- and time is on nature's side.
Pond Scum in '49!
* How to Help Reduce CO2 in the Atmosphere *
1.) Save an empty plastic gallon milk jug. Rinse it out.
2.) Cut off the spout and upper third of the jug. Use a pair of scissors or a razor knife. Leave the jug handle intact and attached at the upper and lower contact points.
3.) Punch six or eight holes in the bottom of the jug with a nail.
4.) Take jug outside and fill with dirt.
5.) Pour two or three quarts of boiling water into the jug on top of the dirt.
6.) Cover jug with a shopping bag or trash bag to keep out insects. Move jug inside when it's cooled sufficiently to handle.
You now have a one gallon planter filled with sterilized soil.
Plant a seed (or two or three seeds) from your favorite local tree in the container. Set it in a sunny spot inside or outside. When the seed sprouts and becomes established find a place to plant it. If you don't have room in your yard give it to someone who does have room. Dig a hole. Then cut the jug away from the rootball with a knife or a razor knife. Plant tree and rootball.
Repeat process every year for the rest of your life.
Re : the Comment - How to Help Reduce CO2 - which says ;
" Repeat process every year for the rest of your life. "
Actually , given the CO2 we produce in N.America , should that not be " repeat every hour " ?
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