Carbon Dioxide Fertilization Greening Earth, Study Finds

[kyredneck]

...the REAL green new deal:

Carbon Dioxide Fertilization Greening Earth, Study Finds

"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." …"

 

[Reformed1689]

SHHHHHH! You can't tell people that!

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

...the REAL green new deal:

Carbon Dioxide Fertilization Greening Earth, Study Finds

Thanks. For anyone interested, here are a couple of links regarding the paper itself and supplementary info.

https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/global/pdf/Zhu_2016_Greening of the Earth and its drivers.NatureCC.pdf

https://media.nature.com/original/nature-assets/nclimate/journal/v6/n8/extref/nclimate3004-s1.pdf

 

[kyredneck]

here are a couple of links regarding the paper itself and supplementary info.

Lol, technical links they are!

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

Lol, technical links they are!

“Well, if you don’t know me by now…”

Yeah, that’s why I said, “for anyone interested.” I listed them to make it easier, because the link in the article is for a paid copy.

 

[David Kent]

...the REAL green new deal:

Carbon Dioxide Fertilization Greening Earth, Study Finds

"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." …"

That is not a surprise, as I learnt about 50 years ago that tomato growers in this country used to add CO2 to the atmosphere in their greenhouses. to make their toms grow quicker and bigger. It was said that plants are geared for a higher CO2 comtent in the atmosphere.

 

[carpro]

Shouldn't that mean the oxygen supply is also going up?

 

[just-want-peace]

Shouldn't that mean the oxygen supply is also going up?

Sucking the oxygen from the air IS the goal of the left today!!!

 

[David Kent]

Shouldn't that mean the oxygen supply is also going up?

Should do shouldn't it? I am not a scientist or a mathematician, but I will give my view.

In the flood a vast amount of carbon was locked up with the amount of trees and other vegetation which was buried then. Much of this has been released over the centuries by burning coal,oii; gas and wood, and anything else that would burm. Together with that we have reduced the areas of woodland which reduced the amount of carbon being absorbed.

An added issue. I see, is modern farming which uses chemical fertilisers instead of re-using organic matter, adds to the the atmospheric CO2. There are not enough forest areas to reabsorb the CO2.

There was recently an internation strike of schoolchildren protesting about increase in C02. I would have asked any of those if I had met them "Are you taken to school in a car (the school run)? Do your parents take you on holiday by air to distant countries? Do you eat vegetables that are flown from around the world, Like Asparagus from Mexico and Peru, Watercress from Spain, Portugal and USA, Green Beans from Egypt, Kenya and other african countries. rather than seasonal local vegetables as we used to have when we were children.

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

SHHHHHH! You can't tell people that!

Kill the clover! Yea, kill it and eliminate honey bees so Karen & Ken can have the greenest grass on the block. Well I have back yard chickens and they love the clover and I like given honey bees a place to pollinate… good for my vegetable garden too.