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Dec. 13, 2020
The ineffable complexity of our world tends to bite us on the ass. We build our theories based on the parameters we know, assumptions, and a dash of hubris. Then Mother Nature comes along and bollixes up our hypotheses with parameters we weren’t aware of. Now it seems that massively planting greenery to sequester carbon dioxide cannot enable us to continue vomiting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
It can’t? No: As the CO2 concentration rises, its growth effect on plants has been diminishing – bigly. (Too soon?) The reduction has reached 50 percent progressively since 1982, write Prof. Josep Peñuelas of the Spanish National Research Council and Prof. Yongguan Zhang of the University of Nanjin with their teams in Science. Why? Because there are other constraints. “There is no mystery about the formula; plants need CO2, water and nutrients in order to grow. However much the CO2 increases, if the nutrients and water do not increase in parallel, the pla
Vegetación empieza a saturarse de CO2 atmosférico elnuevosiglo.com.co - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from elnuevosiglo.com.co Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Study Reveals Drop in Fertilizing Effect of Excess CO2 on Vegetation Worldwide
Plants tend to remove CO
2 from the air when they absorb it for their growth. Thus, CO
2 gets sequestered in their roots, trunk, or branches.
Science demonstrates that this fertilizing impact of CO
2 is reducing globally, as per the study co-directed by Professor Josep Peñuelas of the CSIC at CREAF and Professor Yongguan Zhang of the University of Nanjin, with the contribution of CREAF scientists Jordi Sardans and Marcos Fernández.
The study performed by an international team suggests that the decrease has reached 50% progressively from 1982 mainly due to two factors: the availability of nutrients and water.
The greening of the earth is approaching its limit eurekalert.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eurekalert.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.