Microsoft studying global warming in the Amazon Jungle

April 22, 2011  |  Length: 00:02:07

At the Green Net conference in San Francisco, Microsoft's chief environmental strategist, Rob Bernard, talks about how the company is examining climate change by studying carbon cycles and the massive amounts of carbon sequestered in the top layers of soils around the world. For example, in the Amazon, Microsoft scientists are deploying sensors on the forest floor, measuring the rate of decay and then gauging the impact on global warming.

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More Garbage
CO2 constitutes only .2 % of our atmosphere. It is about 385 ppm in our air. To get to dangerous levels you need to be in the 10,000 to 20,000 ppm. CO2 is plant food. Our oceans spew out more CO2 than we do. In the age of the dinosaurs our atmosphere had 7000-8000 ppm of CO2.

It is getting colder not warmer. This is one of the coldest springs I can remember.

Global Warming is a man-made allright...created by people who don't understand science or scientists with a hidden agenda.
Posted by pizzaman7
16th May 2011
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"We don't really understand what we're doing..."
This is really understated, as too many of us really do not understand the consequences of our actions. And, as usual, our pursuit to find answers is typcially short sighted, and too often ends up compounding the problem.

Of all the 'E' issues (Economy, Energy, Education, Environment...) we can't move forward without clean air, clean water, and healthy soils to grow our food.

What I truly don't understand is attitudes like the 'pizzaman' above. Just stick our heads in the sand?
Posted by GWSTEEN
17th May 2011
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Interesting logic
The logic of we 'dont understand what we are doing' is lacking. We have a very good idea now of what is not happening. CO2 is not causing a rise in global temperatures. Human beings are not causing a major rise in the CO2 level. Sea Level is not rising more now than in the historic past. There is no reason to ruin our economy based on computer models that have been proven to be simply wrong.
Posted by abear4562
26th May 2011
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Global Warming
Global Warming is a man-made allright...created by people who don't understand science or scientists with a hidden agenda. kral oyun
Posted by umber34
10th Oct 2011
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