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9 Apr, 2021

Interactive Effects of Warming and Elevated CO2 on a Tropical Forage Species

Paper ReviewedAlzate-Marin, A.L., Rivas, P.M.S, Galaschi-Teixeira, J.S., Bonifácio-Anacleto, F., Silva, C.C., Schuster, I., Nazareno, A.G., Giuliatti, S., da Rocha Filho, L.C., Garófalo, C.A. and Martinez, C.A. 2021. Warming and elevated CO2 induces changes in the reproductive dynamics of a tropical plant species. Science of the Total Environment 768: 144899, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144899. In a prior study (Habermann et al., 2019) it

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31 Oct, 2020

Roger Revelle – the backstory of the father of Atmospheric CO2 monitoring

By Andy May Roger Revelle was an outstanding and famous oceanographer. He met Al Gore, in the late 1960s, when Gore was a student in one of his classes at Harvard University. Revelle was unsure about the eventual impact of human carbon dioxide emissions on climate, but he did show that all carbon dioxide emitted

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9 Oct, 2020

Exploring African Vegetation Change Since 1982

Higginbottom, T.P. and Symeonakis, E. 2020. Identifying ecosystem function shifts in Africa using breakpoint analysis of long-term NDVI and RUE data. Since 1980, the population of Africa has grown by approximately 850 million persons, which increase in the words of Higginbottom and Symeonakis (2020) has “transform[ed] the intensity and distribution of land use activities, such

CO2 Fundamentals, News
16 Jul, 2019

(The only) Four things science tells us about fossil-fueled carbon dioxide (CO2)

by Dr. Caleb Rossiter, climate statistician (rossiter@co2coalition.org) (Executive director of the CO2 Coalition, a science education organization comprised of 45 physicists, climatologists, agronomists, geologists, and energy economists) Carbon dioxide is plant food. That’s why it’s pumped into commercial greenhouses! The increase since 1900 of CO2’s share of the atmosphere from three percent of one percent

CO2 Fundamentals, Studies and Resources
24 May, 2019

Elevated CO2 and Elevated Temperature Improve the Quantity and Quality of Soybean and Maize Yields

Date: May 24, 2019 Paper Reviewed Qiao, Y., Miao, S., Li, Q., Jin, J., Luo, X. and Tang, C. 2019. Elevated CO2 and temperature increase grain oil concentration but their impacts on grain yield differ between soybean and maize grown in a temperate region. Science of the Total Environment 666: 405-413. Qiao et al. (2019) recently investigated the impact

CO2 Fundamentals, Studies and Resources
20 May, 2019

The Interactive Effects of CO2 and Light Intensity on Orchid Flowering

Date: May 20, 2019 Paper Reviewed Cho, A.R., Song, S.J., Chung, S.W. and Kim, Y.J. 2019. CO2 enrichment with higher light level improves flowering quality of Phalaenopsis Queen Beer ‘Maneforn.’ Scientia Horticulturae 247: 356-361. Writing as background for their study, Cho et al. (2019) note that “the greenhouse industry has long recognized the value of enhancing photosynthesis by manipulating

CO2 Fundamentals, Studies and Resources
15 Aug, 2016

Why Is Earth’s Atmosphere So Different From Other Planets?

By Brian Koberlein Our atmosphere is about 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen, with traces of other things like water and carbon dioxide. It’s an odd mix compared to the atmospheres of other planets. Jupiter and Saturn are dominated by hydrogen and helium, The thick atmosphere of Venus is about 96% carbon dioxide, and only 3%