Showing posts with label Plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plants. Show all posts

Monday, August 23, 2010

CO2 and Temperature

When Climate Change Scientists are trying to show how abnormal our current change in CO2 and Temperature is, they show a chart that looks like this:

[image from Temperature Changes Precede CO2 Changes - by James M. Taylor - Environment & Climate News]

These scientists explain how increased carbon dioxide correlates to increased temperatures.  Industrialization is dumping more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and we are warming at an alarming rate.

When I look at that chart, I see an increase in temperature, followed by an increase in carbon dioxide.  That is not contested, and I believe correlation is not causation.

My question to you Climate Change Scientists and Believers is this.  Why do CO2 levels rise after temperature rises?  Look at this in a historical context, not in the past 150 years.  Here's my theory, and shoot it full of holes:  When temperatures rise, there is more available land mass and a more favorable environment for plants.  More plants, more CO2.

Am I wrong, and why?