Is CO2 increase good for the planet? Part 2

What if CO2 is good for the planet part two

Here are some interesting studies that shows that maybe a higher CO2 is good for the planet and that the CO2 is causing a greening planet. Cortes et al noted that 15.8 million km2 of the surface has greened compared to 1.1 million km2 has browned 1 In another study presented by NoTrickZone,“CO2 fertilization is considered as the dominant factor responsible for the global greening phenomenon, contributing 70% of the increased global leaf area index (LAI) since the 1980s.”2    As No Tricks Kenneth Richards note about Guo paper, “And now a new analysis (Gao et al., 2022) suggests that even if the CO2 fertilization effect is held constant over the next 60 to 80 years, a global warming of 4.8°C will also result in even more net greening across the globe. The regions that are simulated to become browner are easily overwhelmed by the greening regions…So when it comes to vegetation, leaf area, and gross primary production, the effects of rising CO2 and rising temperature are net positive…This is likely not welcome news for those who wish to peddle climate alarmism.”3. 

Satellite observations confirm that Planet grew greener over the last four decades and as Wu et al projected that this greening will continue through out century.4  One study stated that higher CO2 means more food and showed that .8 percent more crop per 1 ppm increase in CO2, so the increase CO2 improves agricultural output and the increase in C02 is acting as a plant fertilization and the results is increased crop yields.  Normally in a sane world, this is considered good news.

Ken Richards “highlighted a new study indicating the rising greening trends in the last four decades can be attributed to the change in precipitation patterns and “the physiological impact of rising CO2…Greening-induced increases in evapotranspiration lead, in turn, to an increase in the global cloud cover. Increases in cloud cover reduce incoming solar radiation. A decline in incoming solar radiation cools the surface. So rising CO2 concentrations ultimately contribute to global-scale greening, and, consequently, to a surface cooling that offsets warming projections.”

NoTrickZone Ken Richards “ highlighted a another new study indicating the rising greening trends in the last four decades can be attributed to the change in precipitation patterns and “the physiological impact of rising CO2…Greening-induced increases in evapotranspiration lead, in turn, to an increase in the global cloud cover. Increases in cloud cover reduce incoming solar radiation. A decline in incoming solar radiation cools the surface… So rising CO2 concentrations ultimately contribute to global-scale greening, and, consequently, to a surface cooling that offsets warming projections.” 6.        

What we conclude from these studies?  The first point is that the planet is getting greener and not browning and this means that CO2 is adding to this planet greening. The second point is that CO2 aids in increasing crop yields and this means more food for us.  Which is a good thing since we live in a world that surpasses 8 billion  people.   

Footnotes

  1. Where Are Global Vegetation Greening and Browning Trends Significant? José Cortés1,2 Chi Chen5 , Miguel D. Mahecha2,3,4, Markus Reichstein2 , and Alexander Brenning
  2. Effects of global greening phenomenon on water sustainability Yujiao Liu a b 1, Yuanfang Chai c 1, Yao Yue d, Yuyun Huang d, Yunping Yang e, Boyuan Zhu f, Dan Lou g, Yitian Li d, Dawei Shi h, Waheed Ullah i
  3. Changes in Global Vegetation Distribution and Carbon Fluxes in Response to Global Warming: Simulated Results from IAP-DGVM in CAS-ESM2 Liu and NoTrickZone Ken Richards February 21 2021
  4. Hydrological feedback from projected Earth greening in the 21st century Wu and NoTrickZone Feb 28, 2022
  5. Environmental drives or Agricultural productivity Growth CO2 Fertilization of US Fields Crops Charles Taylor NBER
  6. NoTrickzone July 28 2022, New Studies affirm rising CO2 Leads to Land Surface Colling by Driving Earth’s Greening  Trends and Biophysical impacts of northern vegetation changes on seasonal warming patterns Lian

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