Earth ID: 13781

Plants Are Struggling to Keep Up with Rising Carbon Dioxide Concentrations

Released on December 10, 2020

Plants play a key role in mitigating climate change. The more carbon dioxide they absorb during photosynthesis, the less carbon dioxide remains trapped in the atmosphere where it can cause temperatures to rise. But scientists have identified an unsettling trend – 86% of land ecosystems globally are becoming progressively less efficient at absorbing the increasing levels of CO2 from the atmosphere.

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Keywords:
SVS >> Carbon Dioxide
SVS >> Carbon Land Cycle
SVS >> Climate
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Climate Change
SVS >> Feedback
NASA Science >> Earth
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Biological Classification >> Plants

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0