Another AGW argument bites the, er, dust posted at 12:55 pm on
November 12, 2010 by Ed Morrissey Climate-change alarmists have
warned for years that rising temperatures they associate with
higher levels of CO2 would radically reduce the Amazonian
rainforests as water got more scarce. The argument was that the
heat would reduce the rainfall, which would eventually turn the
rainforests into savannahs or even dust bowls and seriously
impact oxygen and climate patterns for the entire world. Now a
new study, reported by the Guardian — hardly a bastion of
skepticism on AGW claims — says both predictions are entirely
incorrect (via QandO): According to a study of ancient
rainforests, trees may be hardier than previously thought.
Carlos Jaramillo, a scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute (STRI), examined pollen from ancient plants
trapped in rocks in Colombia and Venezuela. “There are many
climactic models today suggesting that … if the temperature
increases in the tropics by a couple of degrees, mo