tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post9147549573910376886..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: On the MarginsEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-85570859593452761082015-06-14T01:35:53.643-04:002015-06-14T01:35:53.643-04:00I would like to know how much carbon is likely to ...I would like to know how much carbon is likely to be emitted by the forests of the pacific northwest as they dry out. llewellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001213921499191213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-70317994077366897052015-06-13T06:36:46.457-04:002015-06-13T06:36:46.457-04:00What the Hadley Cell giveth, it also taketh away.....What the Hadley Cell giveth, it also taketh away...BBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687930416706386215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-29016666424185618702015-06-12T22:47:48.016-04:002015-06-12T22:47:48.016-04:00I attribute it to the expansion of the Hadley cell...I attribute it to the expansion of the Hadley cell. David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-54132823424957634612015-06-10T23:18:39.177-04:002015-06-10T23:18:39.177-04:00
What happens in the Sahel stays in the Sahel, but...<br />What happens in the Sahel stays in the Sahel, but the point is that even if rainfall increases the net carbon sequestration will not be large if temperature rises. If the damn goats eat the grass even less.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-42925592781192067642015-06-10T20:39:15.994-04:002015-06-10T20:39:15.994-04:00Alan Savory's notions that intensive trampling...Alan Savory's notions that intensive trampling and grazing can save grasslands are not supported by peer reviewed studies. To put it politely, his views are those of an outlier.<br /><br />Wiki:<br />"A 2014 review in the International Journal of Biodiversity criticized Savory's methods and assertions, finding little peer-review support for many of his more contentious assertions. The authors concluded that: 'Ecologically, the application of HM [holistic management] principles of trampling and intensive foraging are as detrimental to plants, soils, water storage, and plant productivity as are conventional grazing systems. Contrary to claims made that HM will reverse climate change, the scientific evidence is that global greenhouse gas emissions are vastly larger than the capacity of worldwide grasslands and deserts to store the carbon emitted each year.' "Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03915691567092166636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-12140916637063263802015-06-10T14:14:47.662-04:002015-06-10T14:14:47.662-04:00Overgrazing as a cause for desertification has bee...Overgrazing as a cause for desertification has been given a bad rap. For a completely different view, and very convincing results, see this TED talk by Allan Savory:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTHi7O66pIKAPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189506171267750391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-79673326170101603522015-06-10T11:00:27.772-04:002015-06-10T11:00:27.772-04:00Overgrazing is a weapon of mass destruction on par...Overgrazing is a weapon of mass destruction on par with the plow. It was an amplifying factor in the agricultural collapse of Syria. Other examples: Iceland/ Viking Greenland, Chinese Loess Plateau. And then there's virtual overgrazing, like growing soya in deforested Amazon to feed cattle in Texas...<br />Florifulguratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18308710335606861438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-31569405528168380792015-06-10T09:19:29.651-04:002015-06-10T09:19:29.651-04:00In North Africa, herds are wealth, and the Sahel i...In North Africa, herds are wealth, and the Sahel is massively over grazed - by cattle in the south and sheep in the north.<br /><br />A group at MIT did a paper on the issue back in the 1970s - they fenced off (and guarded) areas and in a couple of years the fenced off areas returned to grassland while the surrounding areas remained desert.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-60994563511954741882015-06-10T02:27:21.805-04:002015-06-10T02:27:21.805-04:00In my meager sub-Saharan experience, when the sah...In my meager sub-Saharan experience, when the sahel blooms, it as much reflects several involuntary years of fields lying involuntarily fallow as the arrival of the rains.THE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.com