{"id":324091,"date":"2024-04-27T10:28:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T08:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=324091"},"modified":"2024-04-27T10:28:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T08:28:23","slug":"climate-scientists-hail-boost-to-global-plant-growth-from-higher-co2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=324091","title":{"rendered":"Climate Scientists Hail Boost to Global Plant Growth From Higher CO2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From The Daily Sceptic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY\u00a0CHRIS MORRISON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Both the quantity and nutritional value of plants is growing around the planet due to recent increases in carbon dioxide, claim the authors of an important new science paper<\/a>. The recent rise in carbon dioxide during modern industrial times, from a period of dangerous denudation, is at the centre of worldwide fearmongering designed to enforce a Net Zero collectivisation. \u201cIn fact, the only clear result of increasing CO2<\/sub> has been an overall greening of the Earth and increasing productivity of agricultural and forest crops,\u201d state the authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regular readers of the Daily Sceptic<\/em> will be aware of the massive greening of the planet that has occurred over the last 40 years. Alas, this astonishing success story is inexplicably missing from most mainstream Net Zero-focused discourse. This latest paper is written by a group of scientists and published by the U.S.-based educational foundation CO2 <\/sub>Coalition. It is highly technical but it seeks to explain why the nutritional value of the world\u2019s more abundant crops \u201ccan and will remain high as atmospheric CO2<\/sub> concentrations increase towards values more representative of those existing throughout most of Earth\u2019s history\u201d. With CO2<\/sub> levels considerably higher over most geological history, the current level of 425 parts per million (ppm) is much less than optimum for most plants, the experts observe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For too long, note the scientists, atmospheric CO2<\/sub>\u00a0has been the nutrient in shortest supply holding back plant growth. \u201cRising atmospheric concentrations of CO2<\/sub>\u00a0have clearly been beneficial for the biosphere, agriculture, humanity and particularly for global food security at very low additional cost. Still higher concentrations will bring additional benefits,\u201d they note. The CO2<\/sub>\u00a0Coalition, supported by the work of atmospheric scientists like Emeritus Professor William Happer of Princeton, has long argued that CO2\u00a0<\/sub>becomes \u2018saturated\u2019 at certain levels in the atmosphere. At higher levels its warming properties diminish rapidly. Due to this \u2018saturation\u2019, which helps explain why atmospheric CO2<\/sub>\u00a0concentrations been up to 20 times higher in the past without the planet turning into a fireball, \u201cman-made CO2<\/sub>\u00a0emissions are not capable of triggering dangerous future warming\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The great success of what is termed the \u2018green revolution\u2019 is shown above. The scientists note that important factors in the dramatic increase in food production have been increased atmospheric CO2<\/sub>, the development of greatly improved plant varieties and intelligent use of mineral fertilisers. The authors quote from a recent scientific paper, Taylor and Sclenker 2023<\/em>, which states: \u201cWe consistently find a large CO2<\/sub> fertilisation effect: a 1 ppm increase in CO2<\/sub> equates to a 0.4%, 0.6%, 1% yield increase for corn, soybeans and wheat respectively.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evidence for greening of the Earth from atmospheric carbon dioxide \u201cis now too obvious to deny\u201d. The scientists publish the world map below to prove their point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The above map was produced from satellite data recorded between 1982 and 2012. Greening by 20-30% was recorded in India, West Australia, the Sahel and the Anatolian highlands. Reference is also made to Chen <\/em>et al. 2024<\/em>, reported here<\/a> in the Daily Sceptic<\/em>, that found CO2  <\/sub>greening had actually accelerated over the last two decades. The increase in C02<\/sub> was found to be the dominant driver of the positive trend of the Leaf Area Index over most of the global land surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attempts have been made recently to downplay the benefits of more vigorous CO2<\/sub>-driven plant growth by suggesting it leads to a slight dilution of some nutrients, notably nitrogen, in plant tissues. In the course of their work, the authors state that these deficiencies are small compared with the nutritional shortages that agriculture and livestock face because of natural phenomena. \u201cThese problems have been routinely dealt with for generations through adequate fertilisation, proper species and cultivar selection, and food supplements for livestock and humans,\u201d they argue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The numerous desirable and beneficial effects of more CO2<\/sub> in the atmosphere greatly outweigh \u2018climate-damaging\u2019 or \u2018nutrient-damaging\u2019 impacts, to the extent that these even exist. There is no \u2018social cost\u2019 of carbon, as is incorrectly claimed in numerous recent publications. In the course of their paper, the scientists say that have reviewed the literature and provided arguments that \u201carrive at quite a contrary view\u201d to those who claim enhanced atmospheric CO2<\/sub> somehow threatens human nutrition. \u201cIn fact, there is a social benefit from more CO2<\/sub> in the air,\u201d they conclude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Morrison is the<\/em> Daily Sceptic\u2019s<\/em> Environment Editor.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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