Beetlemania

Posted on April 26, 2008 by nuke

First it was cow farts, then it was moose belches. And now, it is … drumroll, please …
beetles. No, not the Lennon/McCartney variety.

An outbreak of mountain pine beetles in British Columbia is doing more than destroying millions of acres of lodgepole pines: By 2020, the beetles will have done enough damage that the forest is expected to release more carbon dioxide than it absorbs, according to research published in the journal Nature this week. Bark beetles also have killed swaths of pines in the western United States, including about 2,300 square miles of trees in Colorado.

The study, led by Werner Kurz of the Canadian Forest Service, estimates that over 21 years trees killed by the beetle outbreak could release 990 megatons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — roughly equivalent to five years of emissions from Canada’s transportation sector. source

We’re Dooooooooomed.

h/t boortz

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17 Responses

  1. Robert D, on April 26th, 2008 at 12:46 pm Said:

    And yet they still won’t allow it to be logged to stop the problem. If they clear-cut the affected area and whatever perimeter needed to be cut, and removed all the trees, it could be replanted and you’d have a decent forest back in 50 years.

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  2. no2liberals, on April 26th, 2008 at 6:12 pm Said:

    Now, Robert D, we’ve told ya’ and told ya’, stop making sense, these are trees the green meanies are worried about.

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  3. Robert D, on April 26th, 2008 at 8:25 pm Said:

    I know…. I gotta stop letting the facts influence me. I’ll keep trying. :???:

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  4. nuke, on April 26th, 2008 at 8:33 pm Said:

    I just saw a new global warming commercial ….

    STOP GLOBAL WARMING, OR ALL THE REESE’S PEANUT BUTTER CUPS WILL MELT

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  5. Robert D, on April 26th, 2008 at 8:45 pm Said:

    Well now, we can’t have that. Oh, wait, I have this thing in my house that will stop the melting…..4 things actually. If the A/C turned up wont do it, I have two fridges and a big deep freeze.

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  6. swampie, on April 26th, 2008 at 9:24 pm Said:

    The Florida coastline along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico was very different 12,000 years ago. The sea level was much lower than it is today. As a result, the Florida peninsula was more than twice as large as it is now.

    I’m impatiently waiting for my land to become beach front property.

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  7. no2liberals, on April 26th, 2008 at 10:03 pm Said:

    Maybe in another 12,000, Swampie. Take out a long-term note on it.

    Got to say, having grandbabies sure is fun. Also, they do take up a whole bunch more of my time, that used to be selfish time.

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  8. Robert D, on April 26th, 2008 at 10:13 pm Said:

    I want some beach front property too! Although when that comes it means most of California has fallen into the ocean. And that could happen in an instant, compared to the slow warming to raise the sea level.

    I’m Glad for you n2l, I know what that means to you. I’m kind of an agnostic on children.

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  9. no2liberals, on April 26th, 2008 at 10:59 pm Said:

    It’s just me, I don’t care for most adults, but love old folks and kids.
    To see my grandson, how alive and joyful he is, and to know I had a part in making him, keeps me in awe.

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  10. Robert D, on April 26th, 2008 at 11:05 pm Said:

    That’s why I’m glad for you bud. :wink:

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  11. no2liberals, on April 26th, 2008 at 11:16 pm Said:

    T’anks!
    In other news, expecting some more booming skies tonight, with the potential for heavy rain and hail.
    /aw hell

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  13. swampie, on April 27th, 2008 at 9:53 am Said:

    JC Watts knows what he’s talkin’ about.

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  14. swampie, on April 27th, 2008 at 9:53 am Said:

    Yeah, get used to having no selfish time!

    /You got a baby seat for that bike yet?

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  15. Robert D, on April 27th, 2008 at 10:33 am Said:

    Got it. Thanks n2l.

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  16. no2liberals, on April 27th, 2008 at 11:33 am Said:

    Henh…no Swampie, I don’t, and I don’t think my showing up riding it would be greatly appreciated.
    I had gotten quite comfortable with being selfish, too.
    /dangit

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  17. swampie, on April 27th, 2008 at 12:44 pm Said:

    Well, having a lil’ child think you’re better than a peanut butter and extra jelly sammich trumps bein’ selfish. Most of the time.

    I guess faults emitting CO2 just can’t keep up with beetles.

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