tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804224543411119083.post7677833124228190123..comments2017-07-17T12:21:28.026-04:00Comments on Air Pollution, Aerosols and Clouds in the Climate System: Potential impact of U.S. biofuels on regional climateAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12192850965291414389noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804224543411119083.post-69986170449477061532009-12-15T12:01:19.265-05:002009-12-15T12:01:19.265-05:00Hi, you might be interested to know that some atmo...Hi, you might be interested to know that some atmospheric toxin or combination of toxins is killing vegetation at an accelerating rate on the East Coast of the US and quite possibly elsewhere. Cumulative ozone has been detrimental for decades but the last couple of years the cascade of damage to trees is frightful. Annual and aquatic foliage also showed symptoms of atmospheric poisoning this summer.<br /><br />I suspect the recent surge in damage is due to massive quantities of nitrogen-based fertilizer for growing corn for ethanol, and/or ethanol emissions. See this blogpost for a Stanford study released yesterday http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/2009/12/aauuuuuggghhhh-no-duh.html and this post for background: http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/2009/12/revelations-from-honest-forester.html<br /><br />If we don't stop burning fuel we are going to have widespread crop failure and famine right here in the good old US of A.<br /><br />I really hope some scientific researchers will take this seriously before it's too late to recover our trees.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.com