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Environment & Energy

NoOneMan

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6. Either way, they are messing with the local ecosystems

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 01:22 PM

Feb 2013

The +/-1C changes are not zero sum, even if they average out globally. That could be the difference between some plants not going to seed at the right time, or some species having a food crisis. You know what I mean?

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Heat from North American cities causing warmer winters, study finds [View all] xchrom Jan 2013 OP

At the rate of City Kill by mass unemployment, this shouldn't be a problem much longer Demeter Jan 2013 #1

+1 xchrom Jan 2013 #2

Those metro areas are still large, almost all are growing --here's some data to counter your claims CreekDog Feb 2013 #7

Cities change temperatures for thousands of miles—(The net effect … global mean … nearly negligible) OKIsItJustMe Jan 2013 #3

The net effect may not be able to be calculated by the global mean NoOneMan Jan 2013 #4

Just a meaningful number. OKIsItJustMe Feb 2013 #5

Either way, they are messing with the local ecosystems NoOneMan Feb 2013 #6