Can the Fern That Cooled the Planet Do It Again? [solution to global warming]

Scientific American ^ | July 15, 2015 | Jennifer Huizen

[Rastus]

Pluto and the Brontosaurs. My childhood is back! And that’d make a good band name.

[5th MEB]

I canceled my subscription in 1973, was working for JPL at the time and every reputable scientist I knew said it was turning into political CRAP.

[Cold Heat]

Could taking carbon dioxide out of the air really be this easy? >/I>

The C02 is not destroyed by the fern. When it decomposes the C02 is released.

Fifty-five million years ago, when scientists believe the Earth was in a near-runaway state, dangerously overheated by greenhouse gases,

Yeah but I think this happened before they developed the Prius...:-)

[ApplegateRanch]

it sucks up way too much CO2, and our food crops die. Sounds sucky to me.

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No problem; we can chew on the tasteless fern...provided there’s enough CO^2 left to keep the thing alive.

[ApplegateRanch]

Life wasn’t “fine”! There weren’t any polar bears or pikas! /ecofreak

Of course, now there’s not a lot of other things that were just as cute & cuddly, that existed then.