Co2 is the magic gas that makes plants grow
A little under half (typically about 45%) of the dry weight of any plant is carbon, and almost all that “C” came from CO2 in the atmosphere. No wonder plants love more CO2. Trees and bushes can grow...
View ArticleWetlands like CO2 —“Gimme 700ppm” say sedge-grass
scirpus olneyi | Smithsonian Not only does one particular grass seem quite happy at 700ppm, it was absorbing 30% more carbon dioxide, and there was no sign that it might not be equally happy at even...
View ArticlePlants suck half the CO2 out of the air around them before lunchtime each day
A paper that is nearly 60 years old shows us just how intrinsically important CO2 is to life. An acre of corn is a living machine drawing CO2 from the air around it. In windless conditions, CO2...
View ArticleIncreasing CO2 threatens human nutrition (From the Annals of Hype)
Disaster Disaster! Driving a car in 2014 could one day cause 2 billion people to suffer from zinc and iron deficiencies leaving them anaemic and prone to infection, and causing a loss of 63 million...
View ArticleWelcome to the CO2 disaster — 4 billion tons more plants, more greenery
During the recent warmest decades on record, Earth suffered under the highest CO2 levels of the last 800,000 years. Life responded to this devastating situation by — flourishing. There are now some 4...
View ArticleShock finding: past climate change helps forests cope with present climate...
In a surprise to no one, descendants of plants that survived 350 million years of climate extremes, volcanoes, meteor impacts, mass extinction events and ice ages seem able to cope with moderate modern...
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