Is there nothing that anthropogenic global warming doesn’t cause?
Many tree species in Israel, North America and Eurasia that depend on the wind to disperse their seeds may be at risk of extinction, according to researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Their theory is based on a unique, fully mechanistic model developed to predict trends in plant spread and is reportedly the first to consider how projected changes in biological and environmental factors would impact tree spread in future environments.
Climate changes, which can be sensed already today and which are expected to continue in the next half century include the increase of carbon dioxide concentration in the air and a reduction of surface wind speed in many areas.
On the basis of earlier work, higher concentrations of carbon dioxide are expected to cause trees to produce many more seeds and to reach maturity earlier than under current conditions, hence speeding up their spread.
On the other hand, the weakening of wind speed in certain areas should reduce spread rate of these trees.
See, AGW causes faster winds, slower winds, no wind, hurricanes, tornadoes, no tornadoes and hurricanes, you name it, it causes it. And all because…..Little Miss Attila doesn’t purchase carbon offsets for her jet setting lifestyle!
(via Haunting the Library)
