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It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it, while simultaneously hedging our bets on what many believe to be CO2-induced global warming.
Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:06:35 GMT
Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a handful of intense and persistent El Niño events, large-scale deforestation, "unprecedented" forest fires, and the eruption of several volcanoes. Concurrently, the air's CO2 content increased by 16%, while human population grew by 55%. It was a bad time for the biosphere. Or was it?
Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:06:03 GMT
Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?
Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:05:41 GMT
How well are the latest versions of today's best climate models performing in this regard?
Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:05:19 GMT
One can learn a lot from a guppy.
Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:04:57 GMT
Has it been increasing, decreasing or staying about the same?
Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:04:34 GMT
Is it negligible, modest or outrageously powerful?
Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:04:10 GMT
A recent study demonstrates how they may ameliorate the negative effects of ocean acidification.
Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:03:48 GMT
Our latest result of plant growth responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment obtained from experiments described in the peer-reviewed scientific literature is for Japanese Wireweed (Longphuirt et al., 2013).
Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 18:01:01 GMT