Plants are likely to absorb more CO₂ in a changing climate than we thought – here's why

  • Written by: Jürgen Knauer, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
Plants are likely to absorb more CO₂ in a changing climate than we thought – here's whyOlga Danylenko/Shutterstock

The world’s vegetation has a remarkable ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air and store it as biomass. In doing so, plants slow down climate change since the CO₂ they take up does not contribute to global warming.

But what will happen under more advanced climate change? How will vegetation...

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