Bristol University Study: Earth Still Absorbing CO2

The hypothesis of anthropogenic global warming–and all the assumptions that fuel it–are nonsense anyway, but the few remaining tenuous scientific props for this silly socialist scheme continue to crumble.

The British Telegraph reports that despite Al Gore’s pronouncements of global doom, the planet continues to absorb CO2 and regulate itself (imagine that!):

Previously it was thought that the Earth’s capability to absorb CO2 would decrease as production booms, leading to an accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

But Wolfgang Knorr, author of the new study, found that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has remained just over 50 per cent, with only tiny fluctuations being recorded despite the massive hike in output.

He pointed out that his study relied entirely on empirical data, including historical records extracted from ice samples in the Antarctic, rather than speculative climate change models.

“Previous studies suggested that in the next ten years the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere will accelerate because there is a lot less uptake by the Earth, there is no indication of this,” he said.

However scientists cautioned that the ability of the oceans and rainforests to absorb carbon dioxide in the future may collapse, leading to a massive increase in temperatures.

Another study released this week found the amount of CO2 released as a result of cutting down the rainforests could have been overestimated. The research by VU University in Amsterdam found emissions from deforestation could be as low as 12 per cent, rather than 20 per cent.

Also, research has found that marine plants in the Antarctic are fighting climate change by absorbing carbon from the atmosphere as the ice melts. The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) found that blooms of phytoplankton are thriving in swathes of water left open by the melting of ice shelves and glaciers.

It really stinks when you need bad news, but what you thought you had dissolves into good news, doesn’t it?  The socialists who want to control every aspect of American life desperately need people to believe in impending carbon disaster, while the tiny bit of data supporting said theoretical disaster grows smaller each week.

But worshippers at the Temple of Global Warming Hysteria cannot help but issue dire warnings of “But…!” and “It may…!” to keep their love alive.

Kinda reminds one of the “mainstream” media reports on the economy during the Bush years. Despite the recession inherited from the Clinton years and the economic tremor from the 911 terrorist attack, our economy came roaring back within a couple of years. And while the “mainstream” media tried to bury as many of those reports of record economic numbers, when they couldn’t keep them hidden entirely, the good news was always greeted with “But the market could still collapse…” and “Some people fear…” and “But over here, sales of canine iPods are down…”

Only liberals desperate to keep you dependent on and under the thumb of government are so uncontrollably compelled to search for clouds on the horizon, rather than enjoy the bright sunny day.

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