Earth is threatened by high CO2 carbon dioxide levels - keep CO2 carbon dioxide normal is part of the mission of Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation Keep Earth Beautiful
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co2 levels were never that high
Earth needs balanced biochem-levels
Carbon = chemically C
Oxygen = chemically O
Carbon can hold 2 atoms of O
=

CO2 = carbon dioxide



CO2 is a gas and exists in Earth's atmosphere.
Today we count about 388 ppm by volume - rising for years. history graphic of CO2 levels carbon dioxide in the past
Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide fluctuate with the seasons, by seasonal plant growth. CO2 - also carbon dioxide concentrations fall during the northern spring and summer as plants consume the gas, and rise during the northern autumn and winter as plants go dormant, die and decay. Carbon dioxide is a

greenhouse gas

- it transmits visible light but absorbs in infrared.
CO@ levels would be much higher, but our oceans and seas take out huge amount of carbon dioxide. All the sequestered CO2 has been kept from contributing to global warming. Now it’s beginning to cause more problems than it’s solving, increasing the acidity of the water by 30 percent. And that acidity is starting to dissolve seashells in areas as close to home as the California coast, meaning tragic consequences for many organisms—and the millions more who count on them for food, including us.

Plants use / need CO2 Carbon dioxide for photosynthesis to make sugars. It is produced during respiration by plants, and by all animals, fungi and microorganisms that depend on living and decaying plants for food. CO2 is a major component of the carbon cycle. Humans produce Carbon dioxide while burning fossil fuels and with the rise of this greenhouse gas, Earth temperatures is rising - our climate is changing.
Top climate scientist James Hansen from NASA said in an interview:
Greenhouse gas emissions must be cut more quickly and deeply than thought only 2 years ago to avoid dire consequences, and a straight-up carbon tax is the only realistic way to do it.
New research paints an even gloomier picture of global warming than the already grim report put out in early 2007 by the U.N.'s Nobel-winning scientific panel.
Hansen is Director since 1981 of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Hansen testified 1988 at U.S. Congress that climate change was already well under way.
"What we have realized is that the dangerous level of atmospheric carbon dioxide is much lower than what we thought a few years ago," he said.
"To prevent a devastating maelstrom of drought, extreme weather, famine and forced migration by century's end, the concentration of CO2 will have to be kept under 350 parts per million (ppm). We are actually going to have to decrease the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere", Hansen said.

The current level -- still rising -- is 385 ppm.
Hansen's argument is a simple as it is sobering: continuing to drain Earth's store of fossil fuels -- oil, gas and coal -- will lead humanity straight toward climate calamity.
Only an abrupt and profound change in the way we consume energy can reduce the worst global warming affects.
A cap-and-trade system, under which progressively stricter "polluting right" exchanged in a carbon market, is likely to be reinforced at U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen to slashing greenhouse gases.
The system is already in practice in the European Union, and has been proposed by U.S. President Obama for the United States.

But Hansen is highly sceptical that it can work. Hansen said:"It takes about 10 years to negotiate it and get all the countries on board, and then you make all sort of compromises, so it turns to be very ineffectual.. - If it's going to be cap and trade, I'd rather nothing came out of Copenhagen. I'd rather take another year and two and get it right."

The fact that prices in the E.U. carbon market have plummeted due to the global economic crisis lends weight to Hansen's doubts.
Hansen argues, that only a direct tax would bring results - a tax as close as possible to the source = a tax on fossil fuels.
Hansen said: "A carbon tax is the mechanism that allows you to make an international agreement globally effective in a short period of time..
You could start with the E.U., United States and China -- that would be enough," Hansen added, saying other nations confronted with a carbon-tax on their exports would quickly follow suit.
To create strong "green" incentives, the levy should be given directly back to the public on a per capita basis -- in the United States, he said, it would amount to several thousand dollars per household.

Hansen wrote to President Obama: "A person with several large cars and a large house will have a tax greatly exceeding the dividend. A family reducing its carbon footprint to less than average will make money.."

Hansen says " ..all new coal-fired power plants should be banned, and older ones fitted with systems to capture carbon emissions and bury them underground..", because coal is the most plentiful and polluting of the major fossil fuels.
Economist William Nordhaus of Yale University, told 2,000 experts that cap and trade "is inefficient and prone to market failure. It is better to change now, and quickly replace the cap and trade structure by a tax on green gas emissions."

Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation Group's mission is to fight for a safer future of our children and grand children and we totally agree with Hansen's statement:
"I decided that I didn't want my grand-children to say, 'grandpa understood what was happening but he didn't make it clear' .."
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aerosols as CO2 carbon dioxide are moving constantly into our atmosphere, changing our weather, our climate, learn online how to keep Bandera beautiful, how to keep Pipe Creek beautiful, how to keep Winnipeg beautiful, how to keep Neu-Ulm beautiful, how to keep Earth beautiful
Surprisingly, despite a 30 % increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, global temperatures haven't risen as much as earlier models predicted.
Why?
Because greenhouse gases aren't the only influence on temperature — there are many other variables, such clouds, aerosols, and the ocean. Since the 1960's, scientists have developed sophisticated climate models to help them understand the ocean's role in moderating climate. Yet many questions remain unanswered. Does the ocean help to cool climate and partially offset global warming?
Or, over the long run, will the ocean amplify and accelerate the warming trend? How will changes in climate trends and changes in climate variability affect life in the ocean and on land? How will changes in the ocean's chemistry and biology interact with these changes in climate?
How are human activities contributing to changes in the marine environment and, in turn, how might these changes affect humans?
Physical Interactions with the Atmosphere
In broad terms, the ocean interacts with the atmosphere in two main ways.
The first way is physically, through the exchange of heat, water, and momentum. Covering more than 70 % of the Earth's surface and containing about 97 % of its surface water, the ocean stores vast amounts of energy in the form of heat.
Moreover, the ocean has a relatively large temperature inertia, or resistance to change. Earlier scientists perceived the ocean as an unchanging "desert" due to its slow circulation (relative to the circulation of the atmosphere) and its low biological productivity.
Yet, today we know the biological and physical functioning of the ocean system can change quickly over both small and large areas (i.e., during an El Niño).
Because it often drives the timing and patterns of climate change, the ocean was recently labeled by some scientists as the "global heat engine."

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Guided tours on 125 acre Bear Springs Blossom Nature Preserve, park, recreational area provides nature education. Bear Springs blossom nature trails, birding trails, educational trails in Texas Hills. Walking in Pipe Creek, Bandera County Texas on guided tours on 12 nature trails + 4 birding trails updates your nature education. On BSBNCG guided tours you see endangered species, the endangered bird Golden Cheeked Warbler. Hike on hiking trails in the TX hills, stroll on nature trails to see Texas Hill Country native plants, trees, wildlife. Learn, see pristine nature on guided tours, grab binoculars, get knowledge about native plants, watch native birds, the endangered golden cheeked warbler on our educational birding trails
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Overgrazing destroys land, endangers our children's future causing climate change. Overgrazing is related to human health problems, overgrazed meadows reduce drinking water supply, multiply water contamination. Overgrazing causes erosion, destroys the native plants that feed wildlife


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Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation international non profit organization. Nature Preserve located in Bandera County in the Texas Hill Country. See photos, get information how to recognize native plants, native trees as Spanish oaks, Escarpment cherry, lacey oak, texas persimmons, mountain laurel, different native grasses, as little bluestem, bushy bluestem, indian grass, lindheimers muhly. Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation shows how to use erosion control, BSBNCG gives courses how to get a beautiful landscape where flora, fauna will flourish and all can live in harmony with nature
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nature conservation: the only way to give children, grandchildren a safe future, with enough breathable air, enough healthy drinking water, with good climate, without violent weather, storms, floods. Nature conservation is not very costly but very efficient if all of us do just a little bit to reduce air + water pollution, to reduce co2 levels, to lower the impact of global warming + climate change
International Water conservation provides a safer future to children, grandchildren. Water conservation provides enough drinking water, a better climate, without food shortages. Polluted water causes higher food prices. Water conservation is cheap but very efficient if all of us a little bit to reduce water waste, water pollution. Humans need to drink water - drinking water has many health benefits - earth has an permanent water cycle, but polluted drinking water cannot be used - take action today, reduce water consumption - conserve water
soil conservation is the only way to secure our food supply, our drinking water supply, a stable climate - soil conservation is not costly but efficient. Reduce erosion and chemical soil contamination = soil conservation. Reduce co2 levels to lower the impact of global warming, climate change
Nature Center of Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation is located at our Nature Preserve in Pipe Creek, Bandera County in the Texas Hill Country. BSB Nature Center gives information how to recognize native plants, native trees as Spanish oaks, Escarpment cherry, lacey oak, texas persimmons, mountain laurel and many different native grasses, as little bluestem, bushy bluestem, indian grass, lindheimers muhly. BSB Nature Center main task is nature education so you can learn how to use erosion control to get a beautiful landscape where flora and fauna will flourish
Mission of non profit organization Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation, Bandera County, Texas hill Country. BSBNCG fights for Earth protection. Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation takes action for water conservation. BSB mission shows how to preserve a beautiful landscape where flora, fauna can flourish. BSB mission is to provide a better education of the environment, a safer future for the next generation
Madrone or Madrona are rare trees in the Texas Hill Country. Some call it Indians leg, others the peeling tree because the Madrone cannot grow bigger without growing new bark every year. Bear Springs Blossom nature preserve has over 300 madrone showing how nature conservation works and how important an intact nature habitat is to Madrone trees, to provide food for birds, joy to humans
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earth star, astraeus hygrometricus - a native fungus found at Nature Preserve of Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation in Pipe Creek, TX, Bandera County
The Golden cheeked Warbler, an endangered bird,  breeds in the Texas Hill Country - no other place on earth. Golden cheeked Warblers need Texas Hill Country trees, plants, mature junipers to build a nest. BSB nature preserve provides habitat for 7 pairs of Golden cheeked Warbler, = GCW who peels little stripes of bark from mature Texas Hill Country juniperus ashei to built its nest.  Nature conservation, nature education is important to live in harmony with nature, to protect globally endangered species through international nature protection
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