Breakfast with Two Scientists ... Global Warming Facts and Assumptions

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Dallas, Texas
November 15, 2017 10:44am CST
Welcome to my new show, Live, With John and Will, and today's topic on Breakfast With Two Scientists, starts with a debate over the facts and the assumptions about Global Warming. Hello. Good morning. I am John and this is Will. We will take some time to answer questions about the truth or the assumptions behind Global Climate Change and Global Warming. The audience will participate by asking us questions and we will try to provide answers to them the best that we can from a scientific standpoint. Hello. I am Julie from Texas and I want to ask one of you or both of you, when did Global Warming start and is it getting hotter on the planet for everyone? Will answers with, From the beginning of the Industrial Revolution or Industrial Age, climate change from warming got a start by us humans, and this became evident from about 1800 to 1870 and was influenced in the beginning with the introduction of Coal burning and Railroad transportation and the agricultural movement that required land clearing of trees and fast agricultural development and subsequent rise in population growth. It is not getting hotter for everyone on the planet, as in spite of the melting of the ice caps and rise in sea levels, subsequent CO2 emissions and rise in methane emissions from the melting of permafrost, there are some areas that are much warmer, but some other areas that are experiencing unprecedented colder temperatures making it see like the weather is just OUT OF CONTROL. John, I have a question for you. If we planted millions more trees all over the planet could that help convert the levels of Carbon Dioxide to Oxygen and help reduce overall global temperatures? John began with Just looked at an article called How planting trees can reduce your carbon footprint. Here is a link for you to look at. That said, the two scientist were both in agreement, and they decided to cut the televised show short as they had to go out and plant some trees and spread the word. This show aired only in my imagination but you can go forward with this idea and plant a tree when you can and help the earth heal a bit, perhaps even provide a habitat for future animals, insects and plants and give hope to the next generation of people, your children and their children's children's children from now until the earth once more is a place worth living on. Share your facts and assumptions in this discussion and help reduce our carbon footprint. Do more by planting some trees in your local community. Even have them plant trees in the medians on the highways and on the medians in the cities to cut carbon from motor vehicles and add beauty to the otherwise heat island effect and help bring back some of nature that has been lost to deforestation and strip mining all in the name of progress. It's never too late to consider planting a fruit tree or a shade tree in a place where otherwise the sun might just bake your brain if you stood there long enough without the benefit of any shade. Think about this today and consider planting at least one tree or a shrub or two this next spring. It's a good thing to consider.
When you plant trees, you don't just make your property or your community nicer. You also directly reduce your carbon footprint. To a large extent, trees eat ca
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@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
15 Nov 17
I live on 16 1/2 acres and I have Elm, Cedar, Kansas Pine, Bradford Pear.....you name it, I got it @lookatdesktop .
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• Dallas, Texas
16 Nov 17
Yes indeed, you have quite the collection of trees and I admire you for this. I know you must really love your trees as I do my few that I care for here on my lot of land, lol
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• Dallas, Texas
16 Nov 17
@nanette64 , I am sorry that it had to go but again, what they said about the insurance was top priority for you to deal with. You might be able to look for some smaller trees that would look good on your property that would add value to the landscape, if you are looking to add more trees. Limited space in the city makes it hard for me to decide what next to plant. I might plant a few peach trees to replace the ones killed by an ice storm about 7 years or so ago.
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@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
16 Nov 17
@lookatdesktop I've even got a Mulberry tree that produces the 'white' mulberries. Those are yummy in the spring. Sadly I had a Silver Leaf Maple that was 40' that had to be cut down. My husband had planted it too close to the cement slab under the mobile home and one of the roots split the slab. The insurance company said it had to go or if anything happened to the house, they wouldn't pay for it. It was a gorgeous tree.
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@LadyDuck (502602)
• Italy
15 Nov 17
Thank you to @MALUSE for suggesting this discussion. I planted a tree last year and I planted another this year. I was mad when in the field in front of our house they cut several trees pretending they were rotting. I sent letters and e-mails and finally they listened and they replaced the cut trees with new trees, that are now growing. If only we could stop the stupid production of palm oil, they are destroying the forests to produce this thing and now they even pretend that it's healthy. Sure! Because it make rich people get richer.
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• Dallas, Texas
16 Nov 17
There are some bad people doing this and they are totally oblivious or lack the basic understanding of what trees are for, rather then making palm oil. I agree it is a bad thing that this is happening.
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@celticeagle (189915)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Nov 17
Thank you for suggesting this one. It is something we all need to be aware of and pay attention to.
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• Dallas, Texas
19 Nov 17
I would like to add a YouTube link here for all to look at.
Rupert Seidl from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (Vienna, Austria), gave this talk at the Impacts 2017 conference, titled "Climate imp...
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
16 Nov 17
I have planted enough to provide oxygen for the neighbourhood
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• Dallas, Texas
16 Nov 17
That is a very good thin you did.
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@JudyEv (382259)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Nov 17
We have planted a lot of trees in our time and will continue to do so. I hate seeing trees chopped down but timber trucks continually drive along the highway near us.
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• Dallas, Texas
16 Nov 17
I know that California has a lot of tree replanting to do after those terrible fires recently.
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• Dallas, Texas
16 Nov 17
@JudyEv , Well I imagine quite a lot of effort goes into bringing back the trees lost from a major and devastating fire. As for the residential loss there is no way to bring back those homes that were completely destroyed in California. It is something that likely takes several decades of rebuilding and replanting.
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@JudyEv (382259)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Nov 17
@lookatdesktop It is surprising sometimes how quickly the land recovers.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Nov 17
Yes I plant trees, I have planted fruit tres every year and I am thinking about a maple tree grove , walnut tree grove and pecans. I do have the land to do this on and that has been the plan.
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• Dallas, Texas
16 Nov 17
I just love pecans, especially those paper shells.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
16 Nov 17
My daughter participates in tree planting every year. I am proud of her.
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• Dallas, Texas
16 Nov 17
I would be as well.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
21 Nov 17
At last, something that makes sense.
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• Dallas, Texas
22 Nov 17
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@RasmaSandra (98026)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Nov 17
Most interesting. In my garden there are four apple trees, one pear tree and one oak. Also some lilac bushes. I am in the process of trying to get my house sold so I can return to my homeland the U.S. I don't know if the next owners will keep all the trees. Thanks for sharing.
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• Dallas, Texas
16 Nov 17
I just love apple and have driven through parts of the north west all the way to Washington State, where I hear they grow the Red Delicious.
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@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
21 Nov 17
It reminds me of the true story of Jadav Payeng as "Forest Man of India" - Since 1979, Jadav Payeng has been planting hundreds of trees on an Indian island threatened by erosion, if you have the time please watch this man change the world one tree at a time. I believe if we all do our bit, the earth and its inhabitants will benefit from it. Most remarkable. thank you @MALUSE for suggesting the read
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@Fleura (35055)
• United Kingdom
16 Nov 17
@lookatdesktop @MALUSE @LadyDuck have you heard of the project in Africa, the great green wall? It seems to be a totally amazing project, so simple and yet effective and being carried out across a range of countries.
A groundbreaking Virtual Reality film about the world’s biggest environmental project, and the local communities that are growing it.
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@LadyDuck (502602)
• Italy
16 Nov 17
@Fleura Thank you for the link, I have heard about the Green Wall, but I do not know a lot about this project.
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@Fleura (35055)
• United Kingdom
16 Nov 17
@MALUSE OK, but it would be better if someone with more readers posted about it!
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@Fleura (35055)
• United Kingdom
15 Nov 17
There is mounting evidence that just looking at growing things can have beneficial effects on our mental health as well, and help the sick to get well again faster; we should plant trees and other plants for our own good!
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• Dallas, Texas
16 Nov 17
Yes, they are planted all around hospitals and nursing homes for this very uplifting effect.
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@TheHorse (238330)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Nov 17
I like planting stuff. The trees on my property in Montana are safe, unless fires or pine beetle get them.
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@TheHorse (238330)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Nov 17
@lookatdesktop When a friend (Jill) and I were camping up in Waterton, something stumbled through our campsite and knocked over some stuff, creating quite a clatter. We thought it was a bear and jumped out of our sleeping bags like hot tamales. But it was only a small elk or large deer. Getting back to sleep was not easy. You are correct that the two parks meet at the border.
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• Dallas, Texas
18 Nov 17
@TheHorse , Well I am glad I was just passing through. Never met a Grizzly and don't want to either.
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• Dallas, Texas
18 Nov 17
Good luck with your tree planting, @TheHorse , So pine beetles are a problem? Well, don't that beat all! Those nasty bugs. Well, hope you are successful with yours. Montana has some intense winters I am pretty sure, that far up near Canada. Home of the Grizzly Bear. Have you ever camped in that Glacier Park and Waterton Lakes International Peace Park at the border between Canada and Montana? Am I correct about these two parks meeting each other at the border? Anyway, when I was younger, me and a friend visited that area on a July road trip.
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@thelme55 (79323)
• Germany
16 Nov 17
Every time when I am in my home country Philippines, I am planting a tree in my garden or other land together with my friends. I usually joined planting tree projects. Thanks for the suggest @MALUSE.
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