Well, d'uh!

Sometimes you come across pointless research that just makes you think 'what on earth is going on'!. This is one such - 'Hurricanes kill trees, fuel global warming'. Well, of course hurricanes kill trees, they destroy pretty much everything in their path. And we all know that trees are valuable carbon sinks whose destruction can take decades to recover.

Apart from some interesting numbers they've extrapolated, this seems a complete waste of research time and money!

Sink me! (redux)

A wee while ago there was a flurry that our natural CO2 sponges (Forest, oceans) were tapped out.

I didn't get around to it then, and just as well. This seems (with all due caveats) a better discussion than any daily paper could manage on it: 'Is the ocean carbon sink sinking?'

Indy - Forests losing the ability to absorb man-made carbon