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Plant Carbon Dioxide Absorption Underestimated But It Won’t Slow Global Warming

The BBC reported on how global climate models have underestimated the amount of CO2 being absorbed by plants. Scientists reported that over the last 110 years plants have absorbed 16% more of the carbon dioxide than estimated. This explains why models consistently overestimated the growth rate of carbon in the atmosphere. However experts believe this will change current global warming predictions. Read story at

Read Story at BBC News – Climate change: Models ‘underplay plant CO2 absorption’.