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J Bananas:
SYDNEY (AFP) - Trees could be growing in the Antarctic within a century because of global warming, an international scientific conference heard.
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With carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere set to double in the next 100 years, the icy continent could revert to how it looked about 40 million years ago, said Professor Robert Dunbar of Stanford University.

"It was warm and there were bushes and there were trees," he told some 850 delegates in the Tasmanian capital Hobart, the national AAP news agency reported.

The delegates are attending the combined meetings of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs.

Dunbar said climate experts were predicting a doubling of the levels of carbon dioxide by 2100, "but it actually looks like it's going to come sooner unfortunately."

Scientists blame greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, produced mainly by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil, for causing rising temperatures worldwide.

I for one am looking forward to global warming. It will do wonders for real estate across northern cali, imagine the san francisco avg temp up in the seventies, the bay area would become an even better tourist destination, and my families homes resale would skyrocket.. bye bye san diego  :), lets all spray some aresol cans in the air tomorrow morning

Don Jacob:
san francisco is already an expensive place to live


are they saying trees growing in the arctic bad or good?

mauzip:

--- Quote from: Don Jacob on July 12, 2006, 05:29:43 PM ---
are they saying trees growing in the arctic bad or good?


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It's an objective article, they're just saying what could happen. Not if it's good or bad :P

NiCc_FrUm_ThA_nO:
Cant wait to live there.  ;D

Don Jacob:

--- Quote from: Mauzip on July 12, 2006, 05:34:31 PM ---
--- Quote from: Don Jacob on July 12, 2006, 05:29:43 PM ---
are they saying trees growing in the arctic bad or good?


--- End quote ---

It's an objective article, they're just saying what could happen. Not if it's good or bad :P

--- End quote ---

i figured that about THAT article but what is the general concensus about this. if trees growing in the arctic is a reality, then what is the scientific community saying about this ?

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