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In response to arguments concerning the fact or otherwise of global
warming we are heading for another ice age with a period of global
warming on the way to it.  The period of warming may be less than a few
centuries but as we only have 70 years of oxygen left * the period
hardly concerns us.

After working with various agencies for several years as a sort of 1 man
protest group there was, in the summer of 96, 3 announcements made in a
week.  These confirmed global warming as a fact, sea level rises as a
fact but not enormous ones in UK * and global heating due to a build up
of greenhouse gases in addition to natural heating.  I seem to recall
that the announcements were by the UN or WMO, (who had already come
clean in part and see the result in Lloyds List of around August 94
though Lloyds haven't done much about it yet), the UK Dept. of
Environment and the Environment Agency (was the NRA or Nat. Rivers
Authority).  

*  notes.
The announcement was made in the US and reported in the UK on national
news, once I think, as a result of a single computer model of the
climate.  This was several years ago.  Subsequent reports of the study,
the best done so far that anyone's told us about, have indicated a
slight shift in the North Atlantic warm current that stops Lenningrad
icing up and lets palms grow on the East coast of Scotland.  This will
mean winters not warmer but colder for Britain after an initial warmer
period much like mainland Europe.  

The model took into consideration all tree projects then known of any
size and did not know that a lot of oxygen was going into space through
the hole in the ozone layer (simplified version).  Later it was pointed
out by someone that rather than all cities at sea level going 250 feet
under in 250 years it now meant that they would only be 50 feet under in
100 years and only 100 feet under in 250 years.  There was no time scale
given for temporary or permanent shallow flooding.  The announcements
seemed to come from US bodies, maybe Universities.

What all this means is that lower bits of Bangladesh will flood
permanently within 30 years and islands will continue to depopulate.
(Sea covers reefs so dying so no fish and coastal strips of farmland
flood.  Some places beach palms are now entirely under water.  The 3 cm.
allowed for water level rises when building the Thames Barrier is now
taken up so there is no leeway over the estimated highest surge tide
levels so from about 1995 limited flooding of the City of London is
likely even if the barrier is used.)  Lower areas of Britain will flood
permanently within 30 years to a depth of a foot or so losing all
marshes, almost, plus more land.  This will be preceded by one or more
temporary floods.  While a quarter of the third of Britain liable to
flood could be saved the only money available will be to coffer dam
nuclear power stations to prevent marine pollution.  This is why new
coast roads, central roads to link sites where little hill towns can be
built and a few other links cannot be argued against by protestors.
Projects can usually, however, be made more environmentally suitable.

As there will be less oxygen to mix with hydrogen and other gases in the
atmosphere there will be less water but fiercer electrical storms.
(Remember a lit spill being touched to a bell of hydrogen in the school
lab.?)

As belts for growing things move so governments must take advantage.  In
the USA, CIS and China there are areas that could already be planted
with squares of trees to later comprise, hopefully, tropical rain
forest.  US government ambitions must concentrate pine growth at higher
levels and leave lower areas for broadleaved and even jungle species.

Ask not what you can do for your planet but what you can do for it's
forests for they are our only salvation.

Regards,  Les Ballard, Tree Wizard of The White Brethren 
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Les Ballard         Les@gates.demon.co.uk


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