Posted on Aug 3, 2017
Carbon Dioxide May Rob Crops Of Nutrition, Leaving Millions At Risk
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Carbon Dioxide May Rob Crops Of Nutrition, Leaving Millions At Risk
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Col Joseph Lenertz
Yes, NPR should be ashamed. There are many studies which prove the positive correlation between increased CO2 concentrations and plant growth.
http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/effects-of-rising-atmospheric-concentrations-of-carbon-13254108
http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/effects-of-rising-atmospheric-concentrations-of-carbon-13254108
Effects of Rising Atmospheric Concentrations of Carbon Dioxide on Plants
Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have been steadily rising, from approximately 315 ppm (parts per million) in 1959 to a current atmospheric average of approximately 385 ppm (Keeling et al.,2009). Current projections are for concentrations to continue to rise to as much as 500–1000 ppm by the year 2100 (IPCC 2007). While a great deal of media and public attention has focused on the effects that such higher concentrations of CO2 are...
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
I'm a farm boy and lived and still live on a farm, so I think I know about plants.
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We should have had mass human die offs from starvation many times over according to the gloom and doom folks.
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