This study is a real tour de force.”Starting in the Industrial Revolution, humans began to pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at a prodigious rate. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyFor one thing, a plant relies on more than just carbon dioxide. And the size of leaves serves as only a rough guide to a plant’s growth. This infusion of carbonyl sulfide has raised levels of the gas in the ice over the past century. Despite the extra carbon dioxide, worldwide plant growth may fall, and plants will no longer help to buffer the impact of global warming.

Source: New York Times April 05, 2017 16:52 UTC