First and foremost, CO2 is plant food.
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Today’s low CO2 concentration is starving trees and plants of the food they need to achieve their full growth potential via photosynthesis. Additional benefits of increased CO2:
- Increased photosynthesis (“CO2 fertilization”).
- Plants grow faster, and with less stress and less water.
- Forests are growing faster.
- Stimulates growth of beneficial bacteria in both soil and water.
- More plant growth, means less erosion of topsoil.
- Bigger crop yields, and more and bigger flowers.
- Fosters glomalin, a beneficial protein created by root fungi.
- Less water loss, less irrigation, and more soil moisture.
- Increase in natural repellents to fight insect predators.