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Urgent to Act on Climate; Borneo Trees Eat More CO2; Prez Candidate Denies Man-made Warming
Dr. David Suzuki Tells Bill Moyers Why It’s Time to Get Real on Climate Change. “Our politicians should be thrown in the slammer for willful blindness,” the scientist, author and philanthropist said. “I think that we are being willfully blind to the consequences for our children and grandchildren. It’s an intergenerational crime.”
Researchers Find Trees in Borneo Soak Up More CO2 Than Trees in the Amazon Rainforest. On the debit side, Borneo has been losing its forest cover at an alarming rate. More than half of the lowland forests of Kalimantan—the equivalent of an area the size of Belgium—were felled for timber between 1985 and 2001. If trees in Borneo grow faster than anywhere else in the tropics, then any loss of those trees is likely to accelerate global warming. The next step in the research is to try to figure out what Borneo has that Amazonia hasn’t.
Borneo is home to the largest number of Dipterocarp species on the planet—more than 270 have been identified. They can reach up to 60 meters when fully mature. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons.
Marco Rubio: Humans Don’t Cause Climate Change. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL, still doesn’t believe the science of climate change. “I do not believe that human activity is causing these dramatic changes to our climate the way these scientists are portraying it,” Rubio told host Jon Karl after being asked if we were contributing to the warming of the planet. “I do not believe that the laws that they propose we pass will do anything about it, except it will destroy our economy.” For what it’s worth, Rubio also said he’s ready to become your president.
Sources: Daily Climate, Eco Watch.
Paul Brown is a retired neuroscience professor whose primary interests are human rights, overpopulation, mass extinction, global warming, and the military-industrial complex. Links to all his Before It’s News articles are at /contributor/pages/189/210/stories.html.
IF we want to stop global warming, STOP CHEMTRAIL/HAARP, WEATHER/POPULATION CONTROL PROGRAM. THAT, IS MAN MADE GLOBAL WARMING.