Climate doom propagandists will not tolerate the good news that our planet is thriving thanks to moderate warming and increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. however, recent scientific papers Nevertheless, we conclude that an optimistic vision for the Earth and its inhabitants is justified.
Widely accepted data show that the entire planet is greening due to increased carbon dioxide emissions due to natural warming cycles and industrialization that began more than 300 years ago.2 started in 19th It was accelerated by strong economic activity after World War II.
These and other factors have also led to record crop production, which now supports 8 billion people, 10 times the pre-industrial population.Increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere2 Since 1940 alone, corn, soybean, and wheat yields have increased by 10%, 30%, and 40%, respectively.
Carbon dioxide’s positive contribution to the human condition should be celebrated, but this is beyond what those who demonize it can tolerate. That’s when a narrator on a planet supposedly overheated by carbon dioxide begins sensationalizing research showing that increasing plant volume reduces the concentration of nutrients in food.
“The potential health implications are significant, given that there are already billions of people around the world who do not get enough protein, vitamins and other nutrients in their daily diets,” they concluded. . new york times, the trusted promoter of Eternal Apocalypse.Above all, the resounding lancet, Harvard University TH Chan School of Public Health And that National Institutes of Health.
Of course, such yellow journalism lacks context and countervailing facts. Elements listed in “Nutritional value of plants grown on enhanced carbon dioxide”2 concentration” published by CO2 Union, Arlington, Virginia.
Nutrient deficiencies caused by increased plant growth due to rising carbon dioxide are “nutrient deficiencies that agriculture and livestock routinely face due to natural phenomena such as severe differences in soil fertility and dilution of plant nutrients by rainfall and irrigation. “This is small compared to “and there is also the aging of crops,” the paper said.
There is evidence that some nutrients have decreased slightly, but the data also show that carbon dioxide concentrations are high.2 The paper states that it “may enhance specific groups of health-promoting phytochemicals found in food crops” that function as antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds, and was co-authored with seven authors. Over 100 references are listed. The first author is Albrecht Gratzl, a member of the Paraguayan Rural Association and a former international researcher in animal and plant nutrition.
Other points made in this paper are:Throughout most of geological history, atmospheric CO2 Concentrations are several times higher than today and are not optimal concentrations for most plants.Atmospheric warming even with 4 times as much carbon dioxide2 That concentration would be small compared to natural temperature fluctuations since the last glacial advance more than 10,000 years ago.
With virtually no scientific basis, the “green” movement’s hostility to carbon dioxide appears to ignore its important role as a plant nutrient. As stated in the paper, “CO2 Through photosynthesis and the food chain, it is the only source of the chemical element carbon for all life on Earth, including plants, animals, fungi and bacteria. ”
The so-called greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide, exaggerated to stoke fears of climate change, is a temperature regulator that prevents the Earth from freezing and saves lives.
Clear advantages of CO2 This is “an embarrassment to the large and profitable movement to ‘save the planet’ from ‘carbon pollution,'” the authors write. “If C.O.2 It provides significant benefits to agriculture and forestry, has a small and mild climate impact, but is not a pollutant.
Increase in CO2 Good news. It’s not that complicated.
Gregory Lightstone I’m a geologist.Managing Director of C.O.2 union, Arlington, Virginia. Author of “Inconvenient Facts: The Science Al Gore Doesn’t Want You to Know” and “Very useful global warming: How modest warming and CO2 increases are benefiting humanity” and co-author of “Nutritional Value of Plants Growing on Enhanced Carbon Dioxide”2 concentration. ”
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