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Carbon Dioxide Fertilization Is Greening Earth (nasa.gov)
2 points by mkempe on April 5, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Perhaps this additional plant growth is the key to the growth of the seasonal "rise and fall" of carbon dioxide since 1958. (see http://carbondoomsday.com/)

i.e. in 1962 the seasonal cycle up-down was roughly 6 parts per million. By 2017 it is 40% bigger, 10 parts per million.

Full article from Nature: https://sci-hub.tw/https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate3...

If plants sucked up more of it we would be all set -- though carbon dioxide keeps rising in the atmosphere for now :O




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