[If the role of sulfur cooling proves to be large, and this is still far from certain, some researchers say it could be necessary to continue burning fossil fuels in order to produce sulfur dioxide to fight the carbon dioxide-driven warming.] I would not be surprised if somebody suggested concentrating fossil fuel power plants on the eastern margins of continents, which would put a lot of sulfates into the atmosphere, which would rain out over the oceans, which have a tremendous capacity to absorb acidity, ... This plan would make sense because the prevailing winds blow from east to west. |
Global warming competes with cancer and competes with AIDS for a finite amount of money. Nobody ever won that fight by saying: My issue isn't important. |
Had this occurred in mid-June to mid-August, it would be much more serious than it is now. |
It's going to take a long time to dry out. |
Michael's position is in the minority. The consensus is the scientific debate is all but over. |
This movie takes a grain of truth and turns into a mountain of apocalypse. |
While many people attempt to connect this season's unusually strong hurricane activity in the Gulf of Mexico with global warming, this is simply not the case, |