by Wisdom Land
August 17, 2018

from YouTube Website

 

Time Lapse of 2 Plants Growing

Isolated for 42 days in chambers of ambient and elevated CO² concentrations, we periodically document the growth of cowpea plants (Vigna unguiculata) via time-lapse photography

NASA says CO² is making Earth greener.

 

Studies have shown that increased concentrations of carbon dioxide increase photosynthesis, spurring plant growth.

A quarter to half of Earth's vegetated lands has shown significant greening over the last 35 years largely due to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change on April 25.

An international team of 32 authors from 24 institutions in eight countries led the effort, which involved using,

• satellite data from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer

• the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer instruments,

...to help determine the leaf area index, or amount of leaf cover, over the planet's vegetated regions.

The greening represents an increase in leaves on plants and trees equivalent in area to two times the continental United States.

Green leaves use energy from sunlight through photosynthesis to chemically combine carbon dioxide drawn in from the air with water and nutrients tapped from the ground to produce sugars, which are the main source of food, fiber and fuel for life on Earth.

Studies have shown that increased concentrations of carbon dioxide increase photosynthesis, spurring plant growth.

Prominent scientist William Happer tells Congress:

Earth is in a CO² Famine

 

The increase of CO² is not a cause for alarm and will be good for mankind.

 

Children should not be force-fed propaganda, masquerading as science...

Happer, who has published over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers, made his remarks during today's Environment and Public Works Full Committee Hearing entitled "Update on the Latest Global Warming Science."

"Many people don't realize that over geological time, we're really in a CO² famine now.

 

Almost never has CO² levels been as low as it has been in the Holocene (geologic epoch) - 280 (parts per million - ppm) - that's unheard of.

 

Most of the time [CO² levels] have been at least 1000 (ppm) and it's been quite higher than that," Happer told the Senate Committee.

The Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change was created to disseminate factual reports and sound commentary on new developments in the world-wide scientific quest to determine the climatic and biological consequences of the ongoing rise in the air's CO² content.

It meets this objective through weekly online publication of its CO² Science magazine, which contains editorials on topics of current concern and mini-reviews of recently published peer-reviewed scientific journal articles, books, and other educational materials.

In this endeavor, the Center attempts to separate reality from rhetoric in the emotionally-charged debate that swirls around the subject of,

carbon dioxide and global change...

In addition, to help students and teachers gain greater insight into the biological aspects of this phenomenon, the Center maintains on-line instructions on how to conduct CO² enrichment and depletion experiments in its Global Change Laboratory (located in its Education Center section), which allow interested parties to conduct similar studies in their own homes and classrooms.