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Published online 18 November 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/456289a
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Forestry carbon dioxide projects to close down
Move releases funds for new experiments.
The US Department of Energy has decided to close several large-scale, open-air projects designed to evaluate how increased concentrations of carbon dioxide affect forests. The move is necessary, many researchers say, to free up funds for a new generation of more sophisticated experiments.
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Southern California has extensive agriculture and national forests, a large population, and a huge daily car commute. Tax records show gasoline, natural gas, and diesel burned daily. Sustained CO2 in air at ground level is beyond all projected 2100 AD levels. Grant funding bought bottled CO2 costing US$900,000 and MORE STUDIES ARE NEEDED? Giggles.