Re:Nasa Happily Reports the Earth Is Greener
by Pxtl on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @12:50AM
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Well, I don't know about temperature, but we do know that plants grow faster in the presence of excessive CO2. But that's a double-edged sword, because their nutritional value per unit mass goes down, in terms of trace nutrients - with abundant CO2, they can use more air to build more empty carbs, but that means the critical nutrients they pull from the soil are present in lower concentrations.
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Re:Nasa Happily Reports the Earth Is Greener
by ioulian on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @03:07AM
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You can easily see this effect on Highways (in Europe where trees are planted just at the edge of the road). The trees there are the first ones that turn green (and get greener much faster) while the trees in the farmland are still without leaves.
Re:Nasa Happily Reports the Earth Is Greener
by mattkrause on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @07:01AM
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I wonder if that’s due to CO2 levels, warmer temperatures (asphault captures a lot of heat) or human selection for “pretty” trees along the highway.