So if we drive we are emitting pollutants that contribute to global warming, and if we don't drive then we don't emit pollutants, which contributes to global warming. I see...Of greater short-term effect, he said, may be the reduction in some transportation-related pollution, notably tailpipe emissions of nitrogen oxides, as driving has declined during the pandemic.
Nitrogen oxides form aerosols in the atmosphere that reflect some of the sun’s rays, which otherwise would strike the surface and be re-emitted as heat. Even a slight reduction in these aerosols would allow more sunlight to reach the surface, generating more heat to be trapped in the atmosphere by greenhouse gases.
Dr. Schmidt said efforts were underway to quantify the effect over the past year. “The numbers aren’t large,” he said, but they may have played a role in making 2020 a record-tying year.
“The warming associated with reduction in aerosols may be a part of the story,” he said.
I was just thinking about this summer in New England. It was a drought and I don't remember fishing is a nice cooling shower at all this year!
Global average temperature compared
with the mid-20
Where 2020's Record Heat Was Felt the Most - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Natural selection has fine tuned lifeform evolution all along, sure, but agriculture and taking are of one another put a halt to that theory for humans starting around 4,000 years ago or more.Let's not go there. Darwin called it natural selection . It has been functioning for about 3.88 billion years + or -
yes, and the CO2 chart is going to probably have a higher slope because not only is the population growing, the the number of people who ride bicycles and have little to heat their huts with will one day want to drive cars and have central heatYou can find one for carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere, too. It's called exponential growth,only one place tp go UP
I remember going to some Adirondack ponds in the early 70's that were absolutely crystal clear and not one fish fry or tadpole in them because of their pH from smokestacks from the midwest........of course most people who want to knee jerk shut down these smokestacks arent willing to give up the comforts and luxuries that they provide...a true catch 22...........Natural selection has fine tuned lifeform evolution all along, sure, but agriculture and taking are of one another put a halt to that theory for humans starting around 4,000 years ago or more.
As a kid spending time during the summer on a granite geology lake at elevation I early witnessed acidification of the environment as its brook trout and amphibian life fairly quickly diminished. That was in the late 1950's and climate change was not that evident yet. But by 1980 or so my fishing began to be impacted by warmer overall temperatures but it was not smack you in the face stuff as now.
I realized since some years a sort of "aquarium keeping" in ourWeird how data has changed. So much the data no longer reflects the news stories that were published through the 19th and 20th centuries. But I'm not one to allow facts to get in the way of truth.
Taxing and redistribution of income is no solution, but hey, if we are going to do it then spend the money in China, India, USA, and Russia and not third world countries that have next to zero impact. Oh, and lets make sure China is paying and India isn't borrowing their portion from the US which we in turn borrow from China. So ridiculous.