Note:
This is a real science article,
( along with the next article ).
That means it's filled with facts,
but no scary climate predictions.
And no always wrong, wild guess
predictions, of a coming climate
change catastrophe, which seems
mandatory for any climate change
junk science article the mainstream
media will use.
Robert Francis O'Rourke will
not be here to wave his arms
wildly, as usual, and warn us
about the "existential threat"
of climate change !
Global "climate authority"
Alexandria Occasionally Coherent,
will not be here to lecture
us on the Green New Deal !
There will be
no scary claims here
that life on Earth will end,
as we know it,
in twelve years.
Because everybody,
who is anybody,
knows life on Earth
will end in eleven years,
not twelve years !
( heh heh )
I guess I should have written
that this is a real science article,
starting with some socialist bashing
for (my) entertainment !
The more CO2
there is in the air,
the bigger and better
plants will grow,
using less water too !
Results from over 3,500
separate real science
experiments, conducted on
over 500 plant species,
reveal nearly all plants
experience increases
in dry weight ( biomass )
in response to atmospheric
CO2 enrichment.
Increasing the CO2 level in the air
stimulates plant productivity
( dry matter content, or biomass ).
Growth enhancement occurs
because carbon dioxide
is the primary raw material
utilized by plants, to produce
the organic matter, out of which
they construct their tissues.
That's why smart
greenhouse owners
buy and use CO2
enrichment systems
inside their greenhouses !
The plants that benefit most
from extra CO2 in the air
are called "C3 plants".
C3 carbon fixation
is one of three
metabolic pathways
for carbon fixation
in photosynthesis,
along with C4 and CAM.
In C3 plants, carbon dioxide
is drawn directly from the air.
C3 plants include rice and barley.
Plants that survive on C3 fixation,
( "C3 plants" ), tend to thrive
in areas where sunlight intensity
is moderate, temperatures
are moderate, carbon dioxide
concentrations are
at least 200 ppm, or higher,
and groundwater is plentiful.
C3 plants grow in the climate
that farmers and other humans
prefer to live in.
C3 plants, originating during
Mesozoic and Paleozoic eras,
before the C4 plants,
represent approximately 95%
of Earth's plant biomass.
C3 plants lose 97% of the water
taken up through their roots
to transpiration through
their stomata
( think of humans
sweating from their pores ).
C3 plants cannot grow
in very hot areas.
In dry areas, C3 plants
shut their stomata
to reduce water loss,
but this stops CO2
from entering the leaves,
and therefore reduces
the concentration
of CO2 in the leaves.
The more CO2 in the air,
the quicker a plant
can absorb the CO2
it needs, and then close
the stomata to prevent
further water loss
through transpiration.
C4 and CAM plants
have adaptations
that allow them to survive
in hot and dry areas.
C4 and CAM plants
grow in climates
that farmers and
other humans
don't want to live in !
don't want to live in !