Call me crazy... hug a tree

Posted by deleted 9 years, 9 months ago to Science
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I had a simple thought on climate science. It's a basic equation. More carbon dioxide leads to a higher partial pressure of that same gas in the atmosphere. A higher concentration of carbon dioxide means there is more fuel for chlorophyll-containing plants to "breathe". Therefore, given that soil nutrients are constant or improving, more plants will grow and consume this excess CO2, producing more oxygen molecules and balancing the carbon equation. Thus, foliage will save the planet, after all. Then the added green color absorbs more of the sunlight, cooling the temperatures down. Call me crazy... Hug a tree.


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