This post now a Google Link and on www.basilandspice.com Map of NC coastline with barrier islands, courtesy of www.cop.noaa.gov by Sally Kneidel, PhD I’ve written posts about Florida and Louisana losing ground to rising seas. Both states are projected to lose at least 10% of their land mass this century. North Carolina hasn’t gotten has [...]
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Climate change is killing our trees. This is an unfortunate irony, because we rely on living trees to remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Dead trees do the opposite – their decomposition releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is the greenhouse gas primarily responsible for global climate change. This tree data [...]
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This post is now a Google News Link and is posted on Basil & Spice This post named by Carnival of the Green #207 as “Best Green Tweet” of the week. It was posted on Twitter December 14, 2009. I wrote a few weeks ago that ten percent of Louisiana is projected to be underwater [...]
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The Louisiana coast in the year 2100, according to scientists’ projections of rising seas and reduced sedimentation. Note that New Orleans is far off the coast. Photo courtesy of Science News, 7/18/09. The residents of New Orleans have had it rough the last few years, following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. Much of the [...]
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