THE GREENING OF EARTH IS A GOOD THING, AND HUMAN CAUSED CO2 IS DRIVING IT!
Mike Priaro, P.Eng.
December 14, 2021
"The global terrestrial carbon sink is increasing, offsetting roughly a third of anthropogenic (human caused) CO2 released into the atmosphere each decade, and thus serving to slow the growth of atmospheric CO2.
It has been suggested that a CO2-induced long-term increase in global photosynthesis, a process known as CO2 fertilization, is responsible for a large proportion of the current terrestrial carbon sink."
Writing in Nature, T.F. Keenan (UC Berkeley) et al "...quantify the historic effect of CO2 on global photosynthesis."
Their analysis suggests that "...CO2 fertilization increased global annual photosynthesis by 11.85% ± 1.4%, or 13.98 ± 1.63 petagrams (13,980 Megatonnes) of carbon, between 1981 and 2020."
THERE ARE MANY LARGE, HOT, DRY AREAS ON THIS PLANET — AUSTRALIA, THE SAHARA, THE SOUTHWEST AND THE SOUTHCENTRAL PLAINS OF NORTH AMERICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, PARTS OF ASIA, ETC..
A GREENER EARTH — IT WILL TAKE DECADES — WILL BE A WETTER, MORE TEMPERATE, AND MORE AGRICULTURALLY PRODUCTIVE AND HABITABLE PLANET.
HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE MORE AND STRONGER RAINSTORMS, WHILE A FEW PLACES MAY BECOME UNCOMFORTABLY WETTER.
It has been suggested that a CO2-induced long-term increase in global photosynthesis, a process known as CO2 fertilization, is responsible for a large proportion of the current terrestrial carbon sink."
Writing in Nature, T.F. Keenan (UC Berkeley) et al "...quantify the historic effect of CO2 on global photosynthesis."
Their analysis suggests that "...CO2 fertilization increased global annual photosynthesis by 11.85% ± 1.4%, or 13.98 ± 1.63 petagrams (13,980 Megatonnes) of carbon, between 1981 and 2020."
THERE ARE MANY LARGE, HOT, DRY AREAS ON THIS PLANET — AUSTRALIA, THE SAHARA, THE SOUTHWEST AND THE SOUTHCENTRAL PLAINS OF NORTH AMERICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, PARTS OF ASIA, ETC..
A GREENER EARTH — IT WILL TAKE DECADES — WILL BE A WETTER, MORE TEMPERATE, AND MORE AGRICULTURALLY PRODUCTIVE AND HABITABLE PLANET.
HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE MORE AND STRONGER RAINSTORMS, WHILE A FEW PLACES MAY BECOME UNCOMFORTABLY WETTER.
