Sunday, 02 Jun 2013 08:41 AM, By Audrey Hudson
Climate change has blamed for a myriad of planetary ills from floods to droughts, wildfires and tornadoes, but a new Australian study says the increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide is boosting plant growth in arid deserts.
The study by scientist Randall Donohue at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization looked at the rise in foliage in the Southwest United States, the Middle East, some parts of Africa, as well as the Australian Outback, and discovered an 11 percent increase in plant growth, USA Today reports.
If elevated CO2 causes the water use of individual leaves to drop, plants will respond by increasing their total numbers of leaves, Donohue said. The Geophysical Research Letters journal published the results May 15.
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Climate change has blamed for a myriad of planetary ills from floods to droughts, wildfires and tornadoes, but a new Australian study says the increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide is boosting plant growth in arid deserts.
The study by scientist Randall Donohue at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization looked at the rise in foliage in the Southwest United States, the Middle East, some parts of Africa, as well as the Australian Outback, and discovered an 11 percent increase in plant growth, USA Today reports.
If elevated CO2 causes the water use of individual leaves to drop, plants will respond by increasing their total numbers of leaves, Donohue said. The Geophysical Research Letters journal published the results May 15.
Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com Global Warming Credited for Boosting Plant Growth
Gee whiz. Another attack on the evils of Globull Warming?