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Trees bulking up and growing faster on excess CO2 in atmosphere, study suggests
- cpf_taxed 4y agoWe're in a CO2 drought, but yes, plants don't crave Brawndo; they crave CO2. Basic science.
- sn0w_crash 4y agoCO2. It’s got what plants crave.
- david_van_loon 4y agoThe cited study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33196-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33196-x
- teslabox 4y ago> “It’s well known that when you put a ton of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, it doesn’t stay up there forever. A massive amount of it falls into the oceans, while the rest of it is taken up by trees and wetlands and those kinds of areas,” Dr Sohngen explained. In the pre-modern era the oceans emitted enough CO2 to keep land plants alive. Now the flow has reversed. I don’t think climate activists are taking this into account.