Mother Nature Does Not Bargain or Forgive

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorCairns, John Jr.en
dc.contributor.departmentBiological Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-23T02:36:33Zen
dc.date.available2014-01-23T02:36:33Zen
dc.date.issued2008en
dc.description.abstractBillions of individuals caused the present climate change problem; therefore, billions of individuals should be able to correct it by altering their lifestyles. This would involve using less fossil fuels for transportation, electricity, and heating. Some experts suggested that in order to save the planet we must reduce carbon dioxide from its current 385 parts per million to at most, 350 ppm. However, persuasive circumstantial evidence shows that the 350 ppm limit was the climate tipping point. Instead, the best way to set a target for atmospheric carbon dioxide is to determine the assimilative capacity for atmospheric carbon dioxide. Until humankind begins to take action to reserve the damage, Mother Nature will continue to alter the climate and do what is necessary to produce change. Mother nature neither negotiates nor forgives.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/25106en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.johncairns.net/Commentaries/mothernature.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectclimate changeen
dc.subjectresource depletionen
dc.subjectcarbon dioxideen
dc.subjectgreenhouse gas emissionsen
dc.subjectfossil fuelsen
dc.subjectpopulation growthen
dc.subjecttipping pointsen
dc.titleMother Nature Does Not Bargain or Forgiveen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
cairns_mother_nature.pdf
Size:
47.76 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Scholarly Works, Biological Sciences