Comments on: More CO2 = More Vegetation http://hennessysview.com/2008/06/09/more-co2-more-vegetation/ the conservative prescription Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:29:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mark Stewart http://hennessysview.com/2008/06/09/more-co2-more-vegetation/comment-page-1/#comment-2085 Mark Stewart Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:01:11 +0000 http://hennessysview.com/2008/06/09/more-co2-more-vegetation/#comment-2085 no no no no no-- Al Gore says only weeds will grow bigger, better and faster from increased CO2-- no no no no no– Al Gore says only weeds will grow bigger, better and faster from increased CO2–

]]> By: Si http://hennessysview.com/2008/06/09/more-co2-more-vegetation/comment-page-1/#comment-2069 Si Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:30:20 +0000 http://hennessysview.com/2008/06/09/more-co2-more-vegetation/#comment-2069 This is true, there is a positive effect of enriched atmospheric CO2 upon plants, radial growth and water efficiency are increased when under enriched CO2 conditions, the most positive thing of all being that stressed plants under harsh conditions (i.e. drought) had the largest increase in radial growth when atmospheric CO2 had increased. Check out P.T. and Knapp, P.A. 2006. Radial growth rate increases in naturally occurring ponderosa pine trees: a late-20th century CO2 fertilization effect? New Phytologist 10 This is true, there is a positive effect of enriched atmospheric CO2 upon plants, radial growth and water efficiency are increased when under enriched CO2 conditions, the most positive thing of all being that stressed plants under harsh conditions (i.e. drought) had the largest increase in radial growth when atmospheric CO2 had increased.

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P.T. and Knapp, P.A. 2006. Radial growth rate increases in naturally occurring ponderosa pine trees: a late-20th century CO2 fertilization effect? New Phytologist 10

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