Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-02-05 07:09:03 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5EDBEB82C416F07917AE23B1D1D82BDBD7DA622FB11AFD94ACBEAED575AAEAEC
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Original Note:
Skeptics often fail to note the potentially most harmful outcome of rising atmospheric CO2 on vegetation: climate change itself. Its negative consequences—e.g. drought, heat stress, wildfires, flooding—would likely overwhelm any direct benefits rising CO2 might offer. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ask-the-experts-does-rising-co2-benefit-plants1/ https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/dont-plants-do-better-environments-very-high-co2 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2386953-plants-find-it-harder-to-absorb-carbon-dioxide-amid-global-warming/
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