> http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=569586
>
> 'The results surprised Steven Running of the University of Montana and
> Ramakrishna Nemani of NASA, scientists involved in analyzing the NASA
> satellite data. They found that over a period of almost two decades,
> the Earth as a whole became more bountiful by a whopping 6.2%%. About
> 25%% of the Earth's vegetated landmass ? almost 110 million square
> kilometers ? enjoyed significant increases and only 7%% showed
> significant declines. When the satellite data zooms in, it finds that
> each square meter of land, on average, now produces almost 500 grams
> of greenery per year.' Their 2004 study, and other more recent ones,
> point to the warming of the planet and the presence of CO2,
> fertilizing the biota and resulting...

> http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=569586
>
> 'The results surprised Steven Running of the University of Montana and
> Ramakrishna Nemani of NASA, scientists involved in analyzing the NASA
> satellite data. They found that over a period of almost two decades,
> the Earth as a whole became more bountiful by a whopping 6.2%%. About
> 25%% of the Earth's vegetated landmass ? almost 110 million square
> kilometers ? enjoyed significant increases and only 7%% showed
> significant declines. When the satellite data zooms in, it finds that
> each square meter of land, on average, now produces almost 500 grams of
> greenery per year.' Their 2004 study, and other more recent ones, point
> to the warming of the planet and the presence...

> http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=569586
>
> 'The results surprised Steven Running of the University of Montana and
> Ramakrishna Nemani of NASA, scientists involved in analyzing the NASA
> satellite data. They found that over a period of almost two decades,
> the Earth as a whole became more bountiful by a whopping 6.2%%. About
> 25%% of the Earth's vegetated landmass ? almost 110 million square
> kilometers ? enjoyed significant increases and only 7%% showed
> significant declines. When the satellite data zooms in, it finds that
> each square meter of land, on average, now produces almost 500 grams of
> greenery per year.' Their 2004 study, and other more recent ones, point
> to the warming of the planet and the presence of CO2, fertilizing the
> biota and resulting in the increased green side effect."
>
> Care to comment, Doug?
>

> On 9 Jun, 13:50, Conor hotmail.com> wrote:
>

>>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=569586

>

>> 'The results surprised Steven Running of the University of Montana and
>> Ramakrishna Nemani of NASA, scientists involved in analyzing the NASA
>> satellite data. They found that over a period of almost two decades,
>> the Earth as a whole became more bountiful by a whopping 6.2%%. About
>> 25%% of the Earth's vegetated landmass ? almost 110 million square
>> kilometers ? enjoyed significant increases and only 7%% showed
>> significant declines. When the satellite data zooms in, it finds that
>> each square meter of land, on average, now produces almost 500 grams of
>> greenery per year.' Their 2004 study, and other more recent ones, point
>> to the warming of the planet and the presence of CO2, fertilizing the
>> biota and resulting in the increased green side effect."

>

>> Care to comment, Doug?

>
> Certainly. This is just one aspect of climate change which ignores ...

> On 9 Jun, 13:50, Conor hotmail.com> wrote:

>> http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=569586
>>
>> 'The results surprised Steven Running of the University of Montana and
>> Ramakrishna Nemani of NASA, scientists involved in analyzing the NASA
>> satellite data. They found that over a period of almost two decades,
>> the Earth as a whole became more bountiful by a whopping 6.2%%. About
>> 25%% of the Earth's vegetated landmass ? almost 110 million square
>> kilometers ? enjoyed significant increases and only 7%% showed
>> significant declines. When the satellite data zooms in, it finds that
>> each square meter of land, on average, now produces almost 500 grams of
>> greenery per year.' Their 2004 study, and other more recent ones, point
>> to the warming of the planet and the presence of CO2, fertilizing the
>> biota and resulting in the increased green side effect."
>>
>> Care to comment, Doug?
>>

> Certainly. This is just one aspect of climate change which ignores
> rising sea levels and increased weather variability and intensity, ...

> Doug wrote:

>> On 9 Jun, 13:50, Conor hotmail.com> wrote:

>>>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=569586

>

>>> 'The results surprised Steven Running of the University of Montana and
>>> Ramakrishna Nemani of NASA, scientists involved in analyzing the NASA
>>> satellite data. They found that over a period of almost two decades,
>>> the Earth as a whole became more bountiful by a whopping 6.2%%. About
>>> 25%% of the Earth's vegetated landmass ? almost 110 million square
>>> kilometers ? enjoyed significant increases and only 7%% showed
>>> significant declines. When the satellite data zooms in, it finds that
>>> each square meter of land, on average, now produces almost 500 grams of
>>> greenery per year.' Their 2004 study, and other more recent ones, point
>>> to the warming of the planet and the presence of CO2, fertilizing the
>>> biota and resulting in the increased green side effect."

>

>>> Care to comment, Doug?

>

>> Certainly. This is just one aspect of climate change which ignores ...

> On 9 Jun, 13:50, Conor hotmail.com> wrote:

>> http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=569586

>
> Your implied denial of anthropogenic global warming duly noted.
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> Certainly. This is just one aspect of climate change which ignores
> rising sea levels

> and increased weather variability and intensity,
> also changes to habitats. Yet another example of cherry picking in an
> attempt at justification of current over-consumption of resources.
>

> In article > fbec5969543a@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, Doug says...
>
>

>> Certainly. This is just one aspect of climate change which ignores
>> rising sea levels

>
> Sea levels have been higher in the past. A recent cliff fall at
> Sewerby revealed a prehistoric beach a good 10ft higher than the
> existing one.
>

>> and increased weather variability and intensity,
>> also changes to habitats. Yet another example of cherry picking in an
>> attempt at justification of current over-consumption of resources.
>>

> Just like the cherry picking the Global Warming, sorry, Climate Change
> brigade do?