Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬#Desertification was supposed to be the 'greatest environmental challenge of our time.' Experts now worried about #greening?
“Greening is happening in most of the drylands globally, despite increasing aridity,” says Jason Evans, a water-cycle researcher at the #Climate Change Research Centre
What is going on? The reason is the 50% rise in #carbondioxide in the atmosphere. Increased #C02 is not just driving #climatechange, but also fast-tracking #photosynthesis in #plants
https://thebulletin.org/2024/08/desertification-was-supposed-to-be-the-greatest-environmental-challenge-of-our-time-why-are-experts-now-worried-about-greening/
“Greening is happening in most of the drylands globally, despite increasing aridity,” says Jason Evans, a water-cycle researcher at the #Climate Change Research Centre
What is going on? The reason is the 50% rise in #carbondioxide in the atmosphere. Increased #C02 is not just driving #climatechange, but also fast-tracking #photosynthesis in #plants
https://thebulletin.org/2024/08/desertification-was-supposed-to-be-the-greatest-environmental-challenge-of-our-time-why-are-experts-now-worried-about-greening/
Desertification was supposed to be the 'greatest environmental challenge of our time.' Why are experts now worried about greening?
The greening of drylands threatens fragile desert ecosystems and scarce water reserves, and shows how varied and unexpected the impacts of global climate change can be.