{"id":406451,"date":"2025-10-03T15:52:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=406451"},"modified":"2025-10-03T15:53:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:53:00","slug":"the-amazons-co%e2%82%82-problem-turns-out-the-trees-love-it-so-does-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=406451","title":{"rendered":"The Amazon\u2019s \u201cCO\u2082 Problem\u201d? Turns Out the Trees Love It \u2013 So Does the Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"406454\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=406454\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0AQOOeOKPhe_u8v1v3-XVwNHtfsUaHkE1zzrfQz-1X0LTKg1wGGc355GJJxphvx3AxNW1qNxJnj5JWUBQw3FKUZ5qORoS_E8OYjfRN38IjgIdjwqsaKMkpCeKIq5DMawN-1.png?fit=810%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"810,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0AQOOeOKPhe_u8v1v3-XVwNHtfsUaHkE1zzrfQz-1X0LTKg1wGGc355GJJxphvx3AxNW1qNxJnj5JWUBQw3FKUZ5qORoS_E8OYjfRN38IjgIdjwqsaKMkpCeKIq5DMawN (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0AQOOeOKPhe_u8v1v3-XVwNHtfsUaHkE1zzrfQz-1X0LTKg1wGGc355GJJxphvx3AxNW1qNxJnj5JWUBQw3FKUZ5qORoS_E8OYjfRN38IjgIdjwqsaKMkpCeKIq5DMawN-1.png?fit=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0AQOOeOKPhe_u8v1v3-XVwNHtfsUaHkE1zzrfQz-1X0LTKg1wGGc355GJJxphvx3AxNW1qNxJnj5JWUBQw3FKUZ5qORoS_E8OYjfRN38IjgIdjwqsaKMkpCeKIq5DMawN-1.png?resize=576%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Aerial view of a dense Amazon rainforest with lush green trees and a winding river running through it, surrounded by fog.\" class=\"wp-image-406454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0AQOOeOKPhe_u8v1v3-XVwNHtfsUaHkE1zzrfQz-1X0LTKg1wGGc355GJJxphvx3AxNW1qNxJnj5JWUBQw3FKUZ5qORoS_E8OYjfRN38IjgIdjwqsaKMkpCeKIq5DMawN-1.png?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0AQOOeOKPhe_u8v1v3-XVwNHtfsUaHkE1zzrfQz-1X0LTKg1wGGc355GJJxphvx3AxNW1qNxJnj5JWUBQw3FKUZ5qORoS_E8OYjfRN38IjgIdjwqsaKMkpCeKIq5DMawN-1.png?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0AQOOeOKPhe_u8v1v3-XVwNHtfsUaHkE1zzrfQz-1X0LTKg1wGGc355GJJxphvx3AxNW1qNxJnj5JWUBQw3FKUZ5qORoS_E8OYjfRN38IjgIdjwqsaKMkpCeKIq5DMawN-1.png?resize=768%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0AQOOeOKPhe_u8v1v3-XVwNHtfsUaHkE1zzrfQz-1X0LTKg1wGGc355GJJxphvx3AxNW1qNxJnj5JWUBQw3FKUZ5qORoS_E8OYjfRN38IjgIdjwqsaKMkpCeKIq5DMawN-1.png?w=810&amp;ssl=1 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2025\/10\/01\/the-amazons-co%e2%82%82-problem-turns-out-the-trees-love-it-so-does-the-media\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/author\/wattsupwiththat\/\">Anthony Watts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/photosynthesis14-1.jpg?w=723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Diagram illustrating the process of photosynthesis, showing the conversion of carbon dioxide, water, and energy into oxygen and glucose. Includes labeled components: Light Reactions, Dark Reactions, Thylakoid, Granum, and Stroma.\" class=\"wp-image-275\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For decades, we\u2019ve been warned that the Amazon rainforest\u2014the so-called \u201clungs of the planet\u201d\u2014was on the verge of collapse. Headlines screamed about tipping points, mass die-offs of giant trees, and irreversible climate catastrophe. Yet, buried in the data, something rather inconvenient has been happening: the Amazon is getting bigger, fatter, and taller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41477-025-02097-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nature Plants study<\/a><\/em>, covering\u00a0<strong>30 years of field data from 188 permanent forest plots across Amazonia<\/strong>, shows that the\u00a0<strong>average size of Amazon trees has increased by more than 3% per decade.<\/strong> In plain English: the forest isn\u2019t shrinking in stature, it\u2019s bulking up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The researchers found:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mean tree size up 3.3% per decade<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Largest trees (>40 cm diameter) increased 6.6% per decade<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Biomass increasingly concentrated in the biggest trees<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>No evidence of large-scale die-off from climate stress<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In their words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe find that tree size has been increasing across all size classes\u2026 The observed patterns match the expectations from increased resource availability, particularly from rising atmospheric CO\u2082.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So much for the \u201clarge trees are doomed\u201d hypothesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the CO\u2082 fertilization effect in action<strong>.&nbsp;<\/strong>The key driver, according to the authors, is not some vague \u201cforest resilience\u201d or a miraculous recovery from past disturbance, but rather&nbsp;<strong>plain old plant biology<\/strong>: more carbon dioxide in the air means more raw material for photosynthesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CO\u2082 fertilization is no longer a theory tested only in labs. This study confirms it at continental scale: Amazon forests are thriving, not suffering, in a world with more CO\u2082 .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Big trees<\/strong>: with better access to light, they are expanding even faster, locking away more carbon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Small trees<\/strong>: surprisingly, they\u2019re also benefiting. With extra CO\u2082, understory trees living on the edge of survival at low light can now photosynthesize more efficiently and survive longer .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result is a forest with both fatter giants and healthier smaller trees\u2014something alarmist models didn\u2019t predict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News Coverage: A Rare Dose of Optimism; even the mainstream outlets couldn\u2019t spin this entirely negative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Phys.org<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2025-09-average-size-trees-amazon-co8322.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">summarized it<\/a>\u00a0as a \u201cgood news story,\u201d noting that\u00a0<em>\u201cthe trees in intact forests have grown bigger; even the largest trees have continued to thrive despite these threats\u201d<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>NBC News<\/strong>\u00a0ran with:\u00a0<em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/amp\/rcna234064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Giant trees of the Amazon get taller as forests fatten up on carbon dioxide<\/a>\u201d<\/em>, pointing out that\u00a0<em>\u201cWe\u2019re not seeing signs of them dying off\u2026 They are increasing in size and number as well\u201d<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>LiveScience\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/planet-earth\/climate-change\/amazon-rainforest-trees-are-resisting-climate-change-by-getting-fatter-from-co2-in-the-atmosphere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said:<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Trees of all sizes across the\u00a0Amazon rainforest\u00a0are getting fatter due to\u00a0climate change, a new study shows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, both outlets quickly hedged: warnings about future drought, deforestation, lightning, and the ever-present \u201ctipping point\u201d were sprinkled throughout. But the underlying data tells a different story: rising CO\u2082 is currently&nbsp;<strong>a net positive<\/strong>&nbsp;for the Amazon\u2019s forests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve been told endlessly that rising CO\u2082 is a global disaster, turning forests into tinderboxes and deserts. Yet the Amazon\u2014supposedly one of the most climate-sensitive ecosystems\u2014appears to be doing the opposite:&nbsp;<strong>absorbing more carbon, producing more biomass, and thriving.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This doesn\u2019t mean the Amazon is invulnerable. Deforestation is still a real threat (chainsaws trump CO\u2082), but the oft-repeated claim that climate change alone is killing the forest doesn\u2019t stand up to scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My Final Thoughts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The real takeaway is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rising CO\u2082 is not just a \u201cpollutant\u201d\u2014it is also a powerful plant fertilizer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amazonian forests are currently benefitting, not suffering, from this change.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Predictions of imminent collapse have once again run headlong into inconvenient data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When climate modelers assure us that \u201cthe science is settled,\u201d it\u2019s worth recalling just how often field data overturns the narrative. The Amazon was supposed to be collapsing. Instead, its trees are thriving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That doesn\u2019t sell headlines or funding proposals, but it\u2019s what the evidence shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, next time someone calls CO\u2082 \u201cpollution,\u201d remind them: without it, plants\u2014and by extension, we\u2014wouldn\u2019t exist. And with a bit more of it, the world\u2019s largest rainforest seems to be doing just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, we\u2019ve been warned that the Amazon rainforest\u2014the so-called \u201clungs of the planet\u201d\u2014was on the verge of collapse. Headlines screamed about tipping points, mass die-offs of giant trees, and irreversible climate catastrophe. Yet, buried in the data, something rather inconvenient has been happening: the Amazon is getting bigger, fatter, and taller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":406454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"Discover how the Amazon rainforest is thriving with rising CO\u2082 levels, with trees growing bigger and healthier despite climate change fears.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Amazon Rainforest Thrives: CO\u2082 Boosts Tree Growth and Health","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691821611,691838514,691838511,691831339,691829997,691818056,691819660],"class_list":["post-406451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-amazon-rainforest","tag-amazon-trees","tag-lungs-of-the-planet","tag-carbon-dioxide-co2-2","tag-carbon-dioxide-co","tag-climate-change","tag-photosynthesis","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0AQOOeOKPhe_u8v1v3-XVwNHtfsUaHkE1zzrfQz-1X0LTKg1wGGc355GJJxphvx3AxNW1qNxJnj5JWUBQw3FKUZ5qORoS_E8OYjfRN38IjgIdjwqsaKMkpCeKIq5DMawN-1.png?fit=810%2C1440&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1HJF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":408718,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=408718","url_meta":{"origin":406451,"position":0},"title":"100,000 Amazon Trees Chopped Down to Build Road for COP30 Climate Conference","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"10\/17\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Spare a thought for the BBC\u2019s Justin Rowlatt as he considers his upcoming trip to the Brazilian city of Bel\u00e9m to report on COP30. 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The findings of the study, while informative, are unsurprising. Multiple studies have confirmed what agronomists, botanists, and farmers and greenhouse operators have long known,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Amazon rain forest\"","block_context":{"text":"Amazon rain forest","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=amazon-rain-forest"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0AQMuzFkDDiGnl_o2-pm5az3eSTUEnPTjn47hzeKxbHc-D5o1bnr-2r_nAadcC_0NNVwKiM20vKkp5gVoO1z_s7Ah-goHJlgrxI517IVRZKYWrIT8sXlRVvT1Wq5MoZ_f-1.png?fit=675%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0AQMuzFkDDiGnl_o2-pm5az3eSTUEnPTjn47hzeKxbHc-D5o1bnr-2r_nAadcC_0NNVwKiM20vKkp5gVoO1z_s7Ah-goHJlgrxI517IVRZKYWrIT8sXlRVvT1Wq5MoZ_f-1.png?fit=675%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0AQMuzFkDDiGnl_o2-pm5az3eSTUEnPTjn47hzeKxbHc-D5o1bnr-2r_nAadcC_0NNVwKiM20vKkp5gVoO1z_s7Ah-goHJlgrxI517IVRZKYWrIT8sXlRVvT1Wq5MoZ_f-1.png?fit=675%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":299641,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=299641","url_meta":{"origin":406451,"position":2},"title":"Media Outlets Continue Spreading False Amazon \u201cRecord Drought\u201d Claims","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/03\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Each of these news outlets ignored or at a minimum displayed ignorance of the fact that an even worse drought occurred in 1865, well before climate change was even an issue.","rel":"","context":"In \"Amazon\"","block_context":{"text":"Amazon","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=amazon"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0amazon-media-drought-climate.jpg?fit=1200%2C1050&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0amazon-media-drought-climate.jpg?fit=1200%2C1050&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0amazon-media-drought-climate.jpg?fit=1200%2C1050&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0amazon-media-drought-climate.jpg?fit=1200%2C1050&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0amazon-media-drought-climate.jpg?fit=1200%2C1050&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":353922,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=353922","url_meta":{"origin":406451,"position":3},"title":"Amazon forests really are cloud machines (and the climate models had no idea)","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"12\/11\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201d Until now, isoprene\u2019s ability to form new [cloud seeding] particles have been considered negligible.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In \"Amazon forests\"","block_context":{"text":"Amazon forests","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=amazon-forests"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screen-Shot-2022-11-23-at-2.webp?fit=1200%2C708&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screen-Shot-2022-11-23-at-2.webp?fit=1200%2C708&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screen-Shot-2022-11-23-at-2.webp?fit=1200%2C708&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screen-Shot-2022-11-23-at-2.webp?fit=1200%2C708&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screen-Shot-2022-11-23-at-2.webp?fit=1200%2C708&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":350078,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350078","url_meta":{"origin":406451,"position":4},"title":"For the second time in a week, climate scientists surprised with an increased CO2 absorption mechanism.","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"11\/04\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"From the \u201cBut the science was settled!\u201d department. 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