New research reveals idea that rising CO₂ will significantly boost plant growth and help absorb our emissions may have been significantly overstated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywxdWD6NqE8

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zd9@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 142d (1 reply)

No shit. American Petroleum Institute, Heritage Foundation, and others have tried pushing this disinformation for years. May these people pay for their crimes to humanity.

Mac@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 142d

Humanity will suffer far less consequences than many other inhabitants of the Earth.

IndignantIguana@piefed.social · 12 pts · 142d

CO2 has never been a bottleneck for plant growth. It's always been bioavailable nitrogen. This has nothing to do with climate science. If you got this wrong it's because you're a gullible fool.

shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 142d (1 reply)

Did CO2 come up with that idea??

No_Eponym@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 142d

No, just those interested in avoiding paying for the externalities from their actions.

LodeMike@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 142d

Wow you think? What, do you do this to animals too? Throw them in double the oxygen and expect everything to work out?

data_lore@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 142d (1 reply)

These studies are the reason we are in this problem. Looking at one variable, in isolation if all other, and giving oil barons propaganda to tell the masses. Guess those tobacco advisors hired by oil companies did/are doing their job well.

liuther9@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 139d

Lying to masses should be punishable in theory

skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 142d
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DemBoSain@midwest.social · 6 pts · 142d

What made them think CO2 was the limiting factor?

Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 142d

TIL any models (still) used this bs.
Wtf.
Dirty money everywhere.

betanumerus@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 142d
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7toed@midwest.social · 1 pts · 142d

Oh great! I can't wait for carbon dioxide induced blood acidity!