Why most AGW stories are 'bad'.
noo b
Have you ever read anything good about global warming? Why is all the
news always bad?
Objectively speaking, any environmental change should have both positive
benefits and negative effects. For example, theory predicts and
observations confirm that human-induced warming takes place primarily
in winter, lengthening the growing season. Satellite measurements now
show that the planet is greener than it was before it warmed. There
are literally thousands of experiments reported in the scientific
literature demonstrating that higher atmospheric carbon dioxide
concentrations -- cause by human activity -- dramatically increase
food production. So why do we only hear one side about global warming?
Perhaps because there's little incentive for scientists to do anything
but emphasize the negative and the destructive. Alarming news often
leads to government funding, funding generates research, and research
is the key to scientists' professional advancement. Good news threatens
that arrangement.