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It's been about 100 million years since the last time the CO2 ppm was this high. And it's never gotten this high this fast ever before. A hundred million years
by culi 5y ago
It's been about 100 million years since the last time the CO2 ppm was this high. And it's never gotten this high this fast ever before. A hundred million years is a long time for plants to adapt. 50 years is not
- davidw 5y agoExactly. Nature does adapt, but it takes time for a species that previously didn't thrive in a locale to spread there. Often a lot of time compared to a human lifetime.
- refurb 5y agoBut CO2 causes faster plant growth.
- culi 5y agoThat's theoretically true, but I've seen research that shows that it doesn't actually play out this way in the real world