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[Hayden]

The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide jumped by the biggest amount on record, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated, a sign of how feeble the world's efforts are at slowing man-made global warming.

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[artistry]

This article is very depressing, because one would think that, at least some of the things that have been done to cut down on emissions, such as car pooling, would be working toward reducimg greenhose gases. Evidently the efforts are so miniscule, that there has not been any change, or too small a change, to make any difference.  So here we are,  instead of decreasing the gases, we are increasing them in the states. Will there ever be any realization, that we are doing something that may be irreversible and need to make  a major change? Or will we just keep going, with our eyes wide shut and heading for a dead end?

[TheSilentKid]

Wow, couldn't believe how I reacted to this article. Higher than the WORST case scenario? What have we done T_T.
Sure, we are taking steps to try and stop or at least, limit the way we contribute to Global Warming, but it seems that our efforts weren't near as good enough to even decrease the amount. We are increasing and increasing our wastes and pollution, our programs and plans to stop Global Warming had only little to no effect, if this keeps up, we won't have a green Earth for long. I don't know about you guys, but I intend to still have my great-great-great grandsons picking and seeing what a real flower looks like, not only through history books just because we messed up in today's time. Something needs to be done, and done quickly.

[artistry]

...SilentKid, this article was very distressiing to me as well. It is so awful that we as a collective nation can't seem to realize, what is happening. We need louder voices, to call attention to this ruination that is taking place on a daily basis, right in front of our eyes. This is so troublesome.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

I can't believe this isn't the number one topic here.
I saw that article too, and had posted it on the TH forums, and it didn't get much notice there either.

I guess people don't want to think about the ramifications of this report.
But more people need to know.
It's like a hurricane that people have been tracking for days.............
everyone gets warned but they remain in place.
3 hours before it hits is when they hit the highway? But with this? Where do you go?

I keep e-mailing Obama, congress and senate raising the idea of -jobs are good for the American
public, but if we continue to dump tonnes of emissions into the air, making the temperatures rise
beyond our capacity to effectively deal with the climate; what good are more jobs going to do?

[Shortpoet-GTD]

"Melting permafrost could release 68 billion tons of carbon.
Permafrost, the layer of frozen ground found in high latitudes in the Arctic regions, is considered crucial to the global carbon cycle as they function as carbon sinks. Permafrost traps both carbon and methane in the soil.
This ability is being threatened by rising temperatures causing permafrostto thaw, noted the researchers led by Berkeley’s Charles Koven, cautioning that the high-latitude regions could change carbon sinks into a carbon source.
The new model found that the increase in carbon uptake by more vegetation will be overshadowed by a much larger amount of carbon released into the atmosphere."
http://www.caelusgre...carbon-ecoseed/