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There is.

Bookies and bartenders are much better informed with a better perspective on the economical/social happenings

Yep.

Soils or plants will absorb more CO2 as carbon levels rise—but not both (phys.org)

The real answer is "We don't know".

And I'd say anything reported in the "news" media is often not science.

There are exceptions, but USUALLY in my experience they leave out contrasting views and other perspectives.  They present a thing as a "done deal" when in fact it's really fairly speculative, hence the use of the term "may" or "might".

These various climate reports nearly always fail to account for the incredible complexity of climate science and our lack of knowledge in being able to predict much of anything.

It's like a report based on "Michigan insiders".

Nope.  Not yet.  I am speaking generally, not about that study.

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I knew some pretty quirky professors who I at times wondered if they could really survive on their own in the world.  But most I knew are pretty sensible types.

I got to know my "boss" at UNC quite well over the years, he was pretty normal, great basketball player, and he built his own furniture and brewed his own beer.

I knew John Swenton at Ohio State pretty well, he was quite normal overall, smart guy.  My neighbor has some weird things about him, but he's fairly normal, for a physicist.  Sort of, usually.  He's deep into photography, but he visits very strange places at times.  He's off to Ghana soon.

I got to know others at UNC pretty well, more casually of course, I didn't hang out with them.  Ernest Eliel was on my committee, he was a pretty neat guy.