Originally Posted by
Gove N.T.
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Anyone who has flown over vast forested areas over the years will have seen how much of, say, the Amazon forest has been cleared. NASA released satellite images of a “before and after “ nature relating to worldwide deforestation and anyone who has studied will know that trees keep the balance on CO2. Huge tracts the size of entire countries gone.Perhaps the eco folks should be concentrating on countries and companies who are responsible.
what spoils the eco argument is blaming Heathrow for the spike in air pollution in SW London forgetting that the M4/M25 motorways cross here. More diesel vehicles pass this junction in 15 minutes than the entire daily movement of aircraft in 24 hours.
So yes, many of the statements about anthropomorphic climate change are false or exaggerated but not all
Gove NT has a very good point. Airline pilots are, or should, be, valuable witnesses for both ecological and weather changes that are happening globally.
In my 30 yr career I have noticed:
Reduction of sea ice around the coast of Greenland.
Increase of cloud cover around the Canary Islands and surrounding ocean.
Rain forest destruction in SE Asia by Palm Plantations.
Increased Jetstream activity and associated turbulence.
Obviously this is anecdotal rather than scientific evidence, but if it looks like a dog, barks like a dog etc. Personally, I'm convinced that Global Warming is a phonomema, I'm not convinced that Man Made Climate Change is the reason for it.