So what do plants remove from the air?
It’s funny until you remember that the tax payer is funding these studies.
Ha ... I thought this was somehow going to be connected to Moochelle’s “food deserts”.
You missed the point. He wants more money for more research.
OMG! We MUST change our ways NOW to prevent this from happening to the children!
>> It’s getting so farcical
I see intentional agitation to rally Leftwingers into action.
We all know how much plants hate carbon dioxide.
Harvard Ag School. Say no more.
No what is mainly changing the quality of food especially with fruit and vegetables is the non ceasing meddling in altering it for shipping and shelf life purposes. In almost every case TASTE is the loss. I live a couple counties away from the nations tomato capitol and no good and juicy ones are to be had in local stores. Ripe Tomatoes are not supposed to be crunchy and hard inside.
And this is what passes for science today.
I recall from 6th grade science that plants LOVE CO2
When did that change? When Obama took office?
This is professionally stupid .... sounds like the three amigos of climate fakery are involved (Jones, Hansen and Mann).
Hello..green plants LIKE CO2..it is necessary for them to grow.
And here I was taught long ago in school that plants liked CO2, used it to build up fiber and mass.
Guess my old teachers were all wrong.
Actually, this is probably true. As CO2 levels rise, plant life grows thicker, quicker, and will, therefore, require more nutrients from the soil. So yes, nutrient levels will drop. But Nature has a funny way of balancing herself: more dead plant matter means more nutrients returned to the soil. And more food means less competition amongst plant-eaters, so they thrive and therefore slow the nutrient-taking rate.
In the short term, yes, less nutrients. but in the long run, it all evens out.
¡Eso es mierda del toro! CO2 is PLANT FOOD! If anything, the crops should be MORE nutritious, not less!
Does somebody have the list of things caused by Global Warming on hand?
Weakest link in EPA's climate rule?
Global Warming on Free Republic
Plant growth vs CO^2 levels in greenhoiuses. Presumably, this would be true for open field levels, too.
Most plants, or at least their wild ancestors, evolved in and for a much higher CO^2 level "normal". Optimum looks like around 3 times current atmospheric levels, giving about 250% of "normal growth" (actually stunting from abnormally low CO^2 levels).
This chart came from a supplier of commercial greenhouses and greenhouse CO^2 enhancers, as well as other equipment for large producers/growers. Growers have been using increased CO^2 levels for decades.