CO2 effects on plants increases global warming
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 15:12
in Earth & Climate
Palo Alto, CA -- Trees and other plants help keep the planet cool, but rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are turning down this global air conditioner. According to a new study by researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science, in some regions more than a quarter of the warming from increased carbon dioxide is due to its direct impact on vegetation.