The Carbon Conundrum: Did Earth’s Greenest Periods Demand High CO2?
By P Gosselin on 15. October 2025
A “green Earth” is inextricably linked to high atmospheric CO₂ concentrations
A new paper by Dutch independent scientist Frans J. Schrijver, Historical CO₂ levels in periods of global greening, looks at CO2 and increased global greening.
Draft diagram of the carbon cycle.
The movement of carbon between land, atmosphere, and oceans. (Illustration diagram adapted from U.S. DOE, Biological and Environmental Research Information System.)
The Earth is getting greener. Satellite data confirms a significant increase in vegetation—or global greening—over the past century, with Gross Primary Production (GPP) –the rate of carbon fixation by plants– rising by over 30% since 1900.
The prevailing scientific consensus attributes this surge primarily to the CO₂ fertilization effect, meaning higher atmospheric carbon dioxide allows plants to photosynthesize more effectively.
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