An Inconvenient Truth

[kandrathe]

I'm pretty sure the Earth will heal itself. But it would be a shame if our descendants were exterminated by a vengeful planet due to our careless greed.

The carbon cycle is a complicated system of causes and effects that are not completely understood, but researchers have long suspected that the oceans are the main regulator of the Earth's atmosphere, said Hales. For example, during the ice ages more of the Earth's water is locked up in glaciers, creating arid, windy conditions and a lot of dust. This iron-rich dust is blown out to sea, stimulating productivity of phytoplankton throughout the world's oceans and reducing CO2 levels.