A recently published study headed by Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences professor Hanqin Tian suggests that the carbon and nitrogen emissions we call air pollution are actually speeding the growth of forests across the southeast.
The finding were the subject of a Tuesday segment on the Fox News Channel.
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Breaking story from Fox News: Air pollution is good.
I also hear they’re going to run a story saying that petroleum products are good for fish.
Actually, what we consider “Greenhouse” gases are called so for a reason. They are the same gases found in greenhouses, which leads to why greenhouses can stay relatively warm year-round. They also lead to the same conditons which are conducive to the growth of vegetation. (See: greenhouse effect)
Maybe if you weren’t so politically chilidish that you have to snear at something simply because it includes the name of a news network that doesn’t suit your fancy you could see the logic in the story itself.
Well said, Jo.