Stanford Scientist - Trees May Grow In Antarctica Within 100 Years - AFP

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Trees could be growing in the Antarctic within a century because of global warming, an international scientific conference heard Wednesday.

With carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere set to double in the next 100 years, the icy continent could revert to how it looked about 40 million years ago, said Professor Robert Dunbar of Stanford University.

"It was warm and there were bushes and there were trees," he told some 850 delegates in the Tasmanian capital Hobart, the national AAP news agency reported.

The delegates are attending the combined meetings of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. Dunbar said climate experts were predicting a doubling of the levels of carbon dioxide by 2100, "but it actually looks like it's going to come sooner unfortunately".

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http://www.terradaily.com/2006/060712075413.vdp8sfok.html

[Arger68]

1. So all those new trees will soak up the excess

carbon dioxide and cool off the earth again, right? No problem!!!:sarcasm: