https://www.dailykos.com/news/netprimaryproduction News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:21:51 +0000 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:21:51 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) https://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/8/21/888876/-Earth-s-plant-life-dying-on-land-dying-at-sea <p>CO2 is plant food. I know this is true, because smart Republicans like <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/30/rep-shimkus-carbon-emissi_n_180662.html">Reps. Dan Shimkus</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAaDVOd2sRQ">Michele Bachmann</a> said so. In fact, the "CO2 is plant food" meme can bring up 48,000 hits on Google.</p> <p>So rising CO2 should be good for plants, right? Because a conservative argument with a patina of science just can't be wrong.</p> <p>Just a couple of little flies in the ointment: <strong>land plants are dying</strong> as CO2 rises. And <strong>oceanic plants are dying</strong> as CO2 rises, too.</p> <p>Earth's plant life is being killed by the heat.</p> rss@dailykos.com (Keith Pickering) Climate Climate Change ClimateChange eKos FAPAR Global Warming GlobalWarming netprimaryproduction NOAA NPP Phytoplankton Recommended Rescued _888876 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:13:09 +0000