Posted on 04/25/2016 5:16:55 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Rise in CO2 has 'greened Planet Earth' - BBC News.
By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst
Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial society have driven a huge growth in trees and other plants.
A new study says that if the extra green leaves prompted by rising CO2 levels were laid in a carpet, it would cover twice the continental USA.
Climate sceptics argue the findings show that the extra CO2 is actually benefiting the planet.
But the researchers say the fertilisation effect diminishes over time.
They warn the positives of CO2 are likely to be outweighed by the negatives.
The lead author, Prof Ranga Myneni from Boston University, told BBC News the extra tree growth would not compensate for global warming, rising sea levels, melting glaciers, ocean acidification, the loss of Arctic sea ice, and the prediction of more severe tropical storms.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
BTW, algae in the oceans does more photosynthesis that all the greenery on land. At least that was the "settled science" yesterday.
Good. We can all exhale now. As much as we want.
Bill Nye the propaganda guy.
we actually paid taxpayer money for someone to count leaves?
More plants = more oxygen. And the problem is?
My basic biology class in Jr High taught this.
Also, warmer air is capable of suspending more water vapor. More water vapor and increased Co2 is like Brawndo...it’s what plants crave. :)
More land/ocean plant life blossums, scrubs excess Co2 and equilibrium occurs.
Whether beneficial or not, the excess carbon dioxide is not coming from us. The best estimate is that humans add only about 3% to the rise...the other 97% is just nature doing its thing.
Note the “...sceptics point out...” followed by “...but researchers say...” .
Now that wouldn’t prejudice a reader now, would it?
So very MSM. You know, those D students in your freshman courses who became journalists.
I am indeed a sceptic, and have the background to say without hesitation, “Show me the data, and show that you can actually analyze it.”
No noes, now what are we going to do? The Socialists’ earth is too green! Too many trees! Too much life!
In a word: “adaptation”
Mother Nature adapts and thrives with changes in the atmosphere. Who’da thunk it? (Other than the liberal hero, Darwin?)
There’s still a lot of deserts out there.
Ants or other root eaters?
“But the researchers say the fertilisation effect diminishes over time.”
Yah, in about 500 years or so.
btw, did they mention that the warming effect of CO2 ALSO diminishes?
You need to aerate your lawn so the CO2 can get down to the roots.
Really ..????? When donkey’s FLY ..!!!!!
What are these morons gonna do when the yellowstone caldera finally
explodes and sends us into a mini ice age? Celebrate, even as millions die
from extreme cold and starvation?
The green assclown has spoken!!
It’s just God maintaing balance.
maintaining
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