Plants may be absorbing 20% more CO2 than we thought, new models find

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Plants may be absorbing 20% more CO2 than we thought, new models find (newatlas.com)

“Plants take up a substantial amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) every year, thereby slowing down the detrimental effects of climate change, but the extent to which they will continue this CO2 uptake into the future has been uncertain,” cautioned Knauer.

Unless physics changes suddenly, they'll probably keep doing that forever. And I thought I was stupid.

> “Plants take up a substantial amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) every year, thereby slowing down the detrimental effects of climate change, but the extent to which they will continue this CO2 uptake into the future has been uncertain,” cautioned Knauer. Unless physics changes suddenly, they'll probably keep doing that forever. And I thought I was stupid.

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More CO2 plus more heat and sufficient nutrient equals faster growing and larger plants that use more CO2, and so on, until CO2 levels lower and plant output decreases along with it, and the whole thing just balances it's shit out because that's just how the universe works.

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