http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36130346
A surprising, yet logical effect of growing amounts of CO2 has been the growing amounts of "green" on planet earth. In fact, a vast amount, about 25-50% of the world's vegetated land has experienced increased amounts of leaf area. Often times this effect is used by climate change skeptics in order to argue that the increase in CO2, is beneficial. Prof Ranga Myneni from Boston University, head author of the study, warns that this positive effect is not long lasting and does not compensate for the other negative impacts of rising levels of CO2 such as the rising sea levels and ocean acidification.
What is important about this discovery, is that it shows the earth's attempt at negative feedback, or an attempt at regulating itself and returning to normal. But it also will cause some debate between the few climate skeptics and the vast number of scientists that support ideas of climate change. But this debate, according to the article, is important in discussing climate change and its many impacts, negative and positive.
A surprising, yet logical effect of growing amounts of CO2 has been the growing amounts of "green" on planet earth. In fact, a vast amount, about 25-50% of the world's vegetated land has experienced increased amounts of leaf area. Often times this effect is used by climate change skeptics in order to argue that the increase in CO2, is beneficial. Prof Ranga Myneni from Boston University, head author of the study, warns that this positive effect is not long lasting and does not compensate for the other negative impacts of rising levels of CO2 such as the rising sea levels and ocean acidification.
What is important about this discovery, is that it shows the earth's attempt at negative feedback, or an attempt at regulating itself and returning to normal. But it also will cause some debate between the few climate skeptics and the vast number of scientists that support ideas of climate change. But this debate, according to the article, is important in discussing climate change and its many impacts, negative and positive.