Author Topic: Study: Past Global ‘Greening’ Reacted Quickly To More CO2 In The Air (Read 178 times)

rebewranger · « **on:** April 04, 2022, 05:19:16 pm »

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Study: Past Global ‘Greening’ Reacted Quickly To More CO2 In The Air
ice cores antarcticaIce cores allow climate researchers to look 800,000 years back in time. New research indicates that atmospheric carbon [CO2] acts as a fertilizer, increasing biological production. The mechanism removes carbon from the air and thereby slows the acceleration of global warming.

Even under ice age conditions, plants, plankton, and other life forms will be able to increase production whenever atmospheric carbon concentrations rise. [bold, links added]

The mechanism will not prevent an ongoing trend of global warming, but at least will slow the acceleration. This conclusion stems from an international collaboration involving the Physics of Ice Climate Earth (PICE) center of Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen.

https://climatechangedispatch.com/study-past-global-greening-reacted-quickly-to-more-co2-in-the-air/

Kamaji · « **Reply #1 on:** April 04, 2022, 05:22:39 pm »

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New research indicates that atmospheric carbon [CO2] acts as a fertilizer, increasing biological production. The mechanism removes carbon from the air and thereby slows the acceleration of global warming.

Oh, look! A feedback cycle that tamps down the signal, not amps it up. Who would have thought that the Earth's climate would have such a "sophisticated" mechanism for self-regulation? To the extent that we have excess CO2 in the atmosphere now - assumed for the sake of argument - perhaps the "solution" is to ensure that we get maximal green growth in the areas that can support it, not that we pith human culture by returning our economy to the middle ages.