#Plants can’t be expected to do all the heavy lifting - Using realistic #ecological #modeling scientists found globe’s #vegetation could actually b taking on about 20% more of #CO2 humans have pumped into #atmosphere & will continue to do so through to the end of century. “What we found is that a well-established #climatemodel used to feed into #global #climateassessments predicts stronger sustained #carbonuptake until the end of #21stcentury https://newatlas.com/biology/plants-absorb-more-co2/
Plants may be absorbing 20% more CO2 than we thought, new models find

There’s little good news to report in the field of research surrounding climate change and its far-reaching impacts on the planet, yet an international team of scientists may have found a small victory to celebrate.

New Atlas