{"id":418620,"date":"2025-12-25T21:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T20:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=418620"},"modified":"2025-12-25T21:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T20:30:18","slug":"the-christmas-gift-that-climate-grinches-cant-abide-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=418620","title":{"rendered":"The Christmas Gift that Climate Grinches Can\u2019t Abide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From The CO2 Coalition\u00b4s Substack <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The quietude of looking out the kitchen window on a December morning at a meadow dusted in snow is magical. A deer pauses at the edge of the wood, breath steaming in the cold air, grazing on whatever bits of green poke through the snow. It is a scene replicated on greeting cards and stamped on cookie tins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of the magic behind that tableau\u2014from the roast in the oven to the cranberries on a plate, from the pine and hardwoods standing tall outside to the browsing fauna\u2014is a phenomenon the establishment media ignore: CO\u2082-driven, NASA-acknowledged<\/a> greening of Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satellite data from the last four decades confirm a significant increase in vegetation over as much as half the globe. During this period, atmospheric CO\u2082 increased from about 350 parts per million (ppm) to more than 400 ppm, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a gift arriving right on cue to meet a continuous increase in population and demand for food. This basic sustenance allows for all other human endeavors\u2014developments in artificial intelligence, medicine, and more. It is difficult to write computer code on an empty stomach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behind this gift of plenty is a process fundamental to all life, starting with plants: Photosynthesis is a mechanism by which plants use CO\u2082, water, and sunlight to make sugars for food. When atmospheric CO\u2082 rises\u2014whether from the emissions of human activity or any other source\u2014plants grow faster. A side benefit is that they use water more efficiently, making them more resilient to arid conditions and extending their geographic range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The degree to which plants respond to more CO\u2082 varies, but it is always positive. An increase in CO\u2082 to 800 parts per million (ppm) or so\u2014more than double the current atmospheric concentration\u2014increases yields<\/a> by 10% to 100%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In greenhouse farming, carbon dioxide levels are elevated to 1,000 ppm or so to increase the yields of tomatoes and cucumbers by 20% to 40%. Plants, such as corn, sugarcane, and millets, also benefit from higher atmospheric CO\u2082, whose positive effect on them is even more evident<\/a> in the presence of drought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For many, a cold Christmas morning is warmed by coffee, especially festive offerings like peppermint mocha and gingerbread latte. Well, the good news is that even coffee plants are boosted by the rise of CO\u2082. Studies<\/a> in Latin America found that elevated carbon dioxide boosted coffee plant photosynthesis and increased yields by 12% to 14%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People forget that the Little Ice Age\u2014lasting from about 1300 to 1850\u2014brought crop failures and famine to large sections of Europe<\/a> and Asia. Rivers froze, and growing seasons shrank. Many communities struggled during periods of cold-induced scarcity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 20th century delivered the opposite: the longer growing seasons of a modestly warmer climate paired with higher levels of CO\u2082. This is hardly the making of a catastrophe that some would have us believe. In fact, a 2025 analysis<\/a> projected changes in global average yields across all crops to be neutral or positive up to 5 degrees Celsius of warming into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only the Climate Grinches would oppose such a bounty of greening from modern warmth and CO\u2082 concentrations. These are the characters who have dominated headlines in popular media and policy roundtables in Brussels and Washington. They steal not only the joy of experiencing this natural abundance by spreading false fears but also the prosperity and sovereignty of nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate Grinches look at a greening planet and see disaster. When NASA announces that Earth has added vegetation equivalent to two American continents, they warn that this cannot last, that benefits are temporary, and that doom still awaits. When farmers report bumper harvests enabled by longer growing seasons and CO\u2082 fertilization, the Climate Grinches insist that gains are outweighed by unspecified future horrors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, this Christmas season, when you gather with your family, look at the spread before you with new eyes. Reject the guilt that climate orthodoxy seeks to place on our shoulders. Modern lifestyles are not destroying the planet. We are basking in a vibrant ecosystem that supports more greenery, more people, and more human potential than at any other time in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This commentary was first published by American Greatness<\/a><\/em> on December 8, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vijay Jayaraj is a Science and Research Associate at the CO2<\/sub> Coalition<\/a>, Fairfax, Virginia. He 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

What\u2019s New!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The CO2<\/sub><\/em> Coalition has released its second episode of the Climate Debrief<\/em> Podcast<\/em> featuring Dr. Bruce Everett. Watch the full video here<\/a><\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In case you missed it, Dr. William Happer and Dr. Richard Lindzen joined Joe Rogan on his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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