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Carbon Dioxide Fertilization Greening Earth, Study Finds

Started by Herman, April 02, 2024, 08:06:00 PM

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Vegetation is flourishing in areas it didn't before. Maybe we need to rethink this whole stop the climate from changing waste of money. It is far too expensive, and it aint working anyway.


https://www.nasa.gov/technology/carbon-dioxide-fertilization-greening-earth-study-finds/#:~:text=From%20a%20quarter%20to%20half%20of%20Earth%E2%80%99s%20vegetated,the%20journal%20Nature%20Climate%20Change%20on%20April%2025.
From a quarter to half of Earth's vegetated lands has shown significant greening over the last 35 years largely due to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change on April 25.

An international team of 32 authors from 24 institutions in eight countries led the effort, which involved using satellite data from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer instruments to help determine the leaf area index, or amount of leaf cover, over the planet's vegetated regions. The greening represents an increase in leaves on plants and trees equivalent in area to two times the continental United States.

Green leaves use energy from sunlight through photosynthesis to chemically combine carbon dioxide drawn in from the air with water and nutrients tapped from the ground to produce sugars, which are the main source of food, fiber and fuel for life on Earth. Studies have shown that increased concentrations of carbon dioxide increase photosynthesis, spurring plant growth.