Carbon is forever

Nature by Mason Inman | Nov. 20, 2008 (Special Report)

Several long-term climate models, though their details differ, all agree that anthropogenic CO2 takes an enormously long time to dissipate. If all recoverable fossil fuels were burnt up using today's technologies, after 1,000 years the air would still hold around a third to a half of the CO2 emissions. "For practical purposes, 500 to 1000 years is 'forever,'" as Hansen and colleagues put it. Full Story »

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The article presents developing information gleaned from scientific models of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The implications are huge. The article talks of the oceans being a sink for carbon dioxide, but does not mention the great problems of acidification of the oceans that attends that process.

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