{"id":390426,"date":"2025-07-23T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=390426"},"modified":"2025-07-23T10:14:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:14:02","slug":"the-fruitful-results-of-increasing-co2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=390426","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018Fruitful\u2019 Results of Increasing CO2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Vijay Jayaraj<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the climatically correct, nothing is more scandalous than describing carbon dioxide (CO2<\/sub>) emissions as beneficial. You can be blacklisted from public forums, professional networking sites, and even be removed from your tenured university position as an accomplished scientist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nonetheless, the truth is this: CO2<\/sub> is fundamental to the photosynthetic process by which plants make food for themselves \u2013 and ultimately for us. Furthermore, the increase in atmospheric CO2<\/sub> from industrial activity in the past century has helped vegetation over most of the planet to flourish. Also benefiting plants has been the relative warmth of recent decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the beneficiaries are fruit plants, whose sensitivity to cold is well established. In April 2007, an unseasonable freeze caused considerable low-temperature injury<\/a> to small fruit plants, including grapes, strawberries, blueberries and blackberries, in 21 U.S. states. The financial repercussions for the agricultural sector were substantial. In North Carolina alone, farming losses were estimated to be $112 million, including $86 million in damages to fruit crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Little Ice Age (1300\u20131850), many of the fruit crops faced significant challenges from low temperatures, shorter growing seasons<\/a> and extreme weather events like frosts, heavy rains and drought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Iceland and high alpine areas, agriculture nearly collapsed. In China\u2019s Jiangxi Province, centuries-old orange cultivation was abandoned due to cold. In temperate zones, apple and pear trees struggled with erratic temperatures causing irregular blooming and lower yields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast forward 175 years or so, and we have fruit crops thriving globally, thanks to elevated CO2<\/sub> levels, relative warmth and a series of innovations in plant biotechnology. Regardless of whether certain politicians or news media believe it or not, plants love the warmer temperatures and increasing carbon dioxide of our season of plenty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rising temperatures extend growing seasons by delaying fall frosts and advancing spring thaws, allowing more plantings and reducing late-spring frost risks for orchard growers. The U.S. growing season has lengthened by over two weeks since the early 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This commentary was first published by AmericanGreatness<\/em><\/a> on July 21, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vijay Jayaraj<\/a> is a Science and Research Associate at the <\/em>CO\u2082 Coalition<\/em><\/a>, Fairfax, Virginia. He <\/em>holds an M.S. in environmental sciences from the University of East Anglia and a postgraduate degree in energy management from Robert Gordon University, both in the U.K., and a bachelor\u2019s in engineering from Anna University, India.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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