Good, not Bad, not Ugly

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After analyzing 45 studies from eight countries, Lixin Wang, assistant professor of earth sciences in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and a Ph.D. student in Wang’s group, Xuefei Lu, concluded the greening likely stems from the impact of rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide on plant water savings and consequent increases in available soil water.

“ We know from satellite observations that vegetation is greener than it was in the past, ” Wang said. “ We now understand why that’s occurring,

but we don’t necessarily know if that’s a good thing or not

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Of course, the ” agenda ” dictates that the usual disclaimer be appended to any summary, thus ensuring continued publishing, grant funding and appeasement of those ” settled ” scientists.

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[JoB]

no problem
anything that survives the cyclones and hurricanes that are brewing and doesn’t get flooded out by rising water will be greener

pick your retirement spot carefully

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[JTB]

JoB, actually this very study challenges your suggestion about widespread increased greening:
“In some Mediterranean-type ecosystems such as annual-dominated California grasslands, warming has accelerated the decline of canopy greenness because the effects of reduced transpiration losses push the canopy to an earlier senescence26. These facts indicate that the positive effect of CO2 induced water savings may eventually be offset by the negative effect of CO2 induced temperature increases when the temperature increase crosses a certain threshold. Further understanding of this complex feedback process is required.”

By coincidence, this study in a Nature Letter strives to identify regions that are sensitive to climate variability including forests in which temperature elevations can reach a point of depressing vegetative growth. sensitivity to climate variability

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[JoB]

JTB..
i know. i was being flip..
which is about as much of a response as i thought that OP deserved.

i am perhaps too impatient these days

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