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Is the regulation of atmospheric oxigen still trivial (by forests or
otherwise) considering the huge amount of fossil fuel burning we
now undertake?  Is atmospheric O2 ever likely to be jeapordized by our
activities?  What if we not only cut down the forests, we also polluted
the seas enough to stop primary production?

Zsolt Sary
Golder Associates
Kamloops, BC

> BTW, the role of rain forests in regulating atmospheric oxygen is trivial
> on human timescales.  Even if *all* forests were to be cut down, there
> would still be plenty of oxygen for everyone for hundreds of thousands of
> years (because there is an enormous amount already in the atmosphere).
>
> regards,
>
> Toby Tyrrell
> Southampton Oceanography Centre
> University of Southampton
> European Way
> Southampton
> SO14 3ZH
> UK
>
> email: tt@socnet.soc.soton.ac.uk
>