In an interesting letter on the burning of fossil fuels and the implications of doing so for the future, Chris Parton gives the impression that a planet warmed a few degrees by greenhouse gases might not be so bad – he notes that "life was never so vigorous" the last time we had much higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (Letters, November 14).
In an interesting letter on the burning of fossil fuels and the implications of doing so for the future, Chris Parton gives the impression that a planet warmed a few degrees by greenhouse gases might not be so bad – he notes that \"life was never so vigorous\" the last time we had much higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (Letters, November 14).
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The difference today, which makes global warming so perilous, is that the biosphere is hugely less robust than it was in the distant past with over-fished acidified oceans, concreted over biodiverse coastal plains and extensive areas of land turned over to monocrops, poor substitutes for rain forests.
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Threatened by Venus syndrome
In an interesting letter on the burning of fossil fuels and the implications of doing so for the future, Chris Parton gives the impression that a planet warmed a few degrees by greenhouse gases might not be so bad – he notes that "life was never so vigorous" the last time we had much higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (Letters, November 14).
The difference today, which makes global warming so perilous, is that the biosphere is hugely less robust than it was in the distant past with over-fished acidified oceans, concreted over biodiverse coastal plains and extensive areas of land turned over to monocrops, poor substitutes for rain forests.
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