Scott Klarr Jr

If the oceans warm up it loses its affinity to hold CO2. CO2 and Water Vapor are more readily released. Water Vapor which is our biggest greeen house gas then gets put into play, in combination with the CO2 which further increases the temperature, thus releasing more CO2 and water vapor. When the ice in the water melts nothing will happen since the mass isn't changing just the physical state. When the Ice on land melts it may lead to an increase in water temperature, as the oceans take in the displaced water. However as the Ice melts Antarctica will rise which may counter the displacement of water, since the ice is what's weighing it down. Low lying areas will probably be flooded, probably stopping at prehistoric fault lines until things can balance out. Hurricanes will increase, due to warmer waters, and more severe weather changes are expected to take place. Many coral will die, but their death could quite possibly give rise to more resistant coral or coral specefically adapted to deal with warmer, harsher waters. Jellyfish and other medusa populations will sky rocket, Red Tide will increase as well, and this in turn will impact the fishing industry worse then ever before as deadzones abound. With increased global temperatures wildfires will be in more frequency which destroy carbon sinkers and oxygen providers. This in turn will assist a more increased warming. If deforestation weren't taking place the higher levels of CO2 and water vapor would lead to an explosion of plant life, so long as they got the necessary waters. In drought areas C4 plants and other drought resistant plants would abound. Eventually there very nature would impact the climate especially those forest located in the future tropical regions. As they manipulated water turn over rates and stopped erosion. They also would produce tons of oxygen and sink/convert tons of CO2. Enough time would pass and CO2 levels would drop yet again, this may reverse the warming effect which would then cause water vapor levels to drop. Once the water vapor levels dropped. Ice ages could possibly emerge since water vapor is the biggest factor in greenhouse gasses. The colder waters would further absorb more CO2 and that would conclude this cycle. Catastrophees such as nuclear winters which could happen if nuclear war abounds, the influx of new diseases, if biological warfare takes place, could severely alter the cycle. If an asteroid hit us which they say is quite possible in the next few years it would also disrupt the cycle or if great enough be a super death dealer. IF the worst is to happen the good thing is that nature will balance itself out, as it has in the past. If there were times in our planets history where CO2 levels were 25x what they are now, and things turned out ok I believe that if we play our cards right we should be able to ride this one out. The cheapest way to stop this impact would be to plant more trees and stop deforestation. The best trees to plants are the ones most effecient at producing Oxygen and absorbing CO2. Trees especially mangroves would help incredibly with stabilizing environments in the presence of Hurricanes. They stop erosion, break winds and waves, and serve as hatcheries for numerous species of fish and other marine organisms. Tree's also can form microclimates which impact the severity of droughts and floods. The water absorbed by trees from streams and rivers which eventually end up into the ocean get recycled back into the system readilly, thus producing more rain as the trees release the water back into the air via transpiration. With trees taking up so much surface with their leaves and roots they essentially end up trapping the moisture in the area which further stimulates more rain. This is one reason why if you cut down a rainforest its highly possible that the area will become drought inflicted, and will most definitely recieve less rainfall. Perhaps someday I will go into more of the technical aspects. Essentially trees conserve rain water and fight water runnoff which contribute to higher ocean levels.

Now to go into the costs

- In 50 years ONE tree recycles more than $37,000 worth of water, provides $31,000 worth of erosion control, $62,000 worth of air pollution control, and produces $37,000 worth of oxygen. which amounts to $167,000. 10,000 of these trees save you a billion bucks in 50 years.
- One acre of trees removes 2.6 tons of CO2 per year.
- Well placed trees help cut energy costs and consumption by decreasing air conditioning costs 10-50% & reducing heating costs as much as 4-22% Heating cost means less reliance on natural gas, and AC costs less reliance on electricity which is powered by coal.
- One person causes about 10 tons of carbon dioxide to be emitted a year. One tree removes about 1 ton of CO2 per year. Planting 30 trees per person will remove each that person's carbon debt for the year.

This video series was great. My favourite part was the "leave the science to the scientists" part. These days it seems like everyone is trying to do their own "expert analysis" of data, pick and choose what parts they believe are valid, and come to their own predetermined conclusion - instead of trusting the folks at professional scientific organizations who are specifically trained to do such analyses.

I think you'd be interested in my blog. It was, in large part, inspired by a lot of the things Greg (wonderingmind42) had to say. It explores how climate change relates to ideas such as credibility, responsible journalism, and risk management.

There should be a link on my name above, or else Google "climatesight" (one word). I'd love for you to check it out.

Thank you very much!