Disaster was narrowly averted
Under 180 ppm atmospheric CO2 concentration, life on earth begins to die.
The earth came very close to that point not long ago during the Ice Ages (20,000 years ago). Then the planet warmed naturally, and an increase in atmospheric CO2 to over 200 ppm followed (new study here).
The earth saw CO2 levels of close to 8000 ppm in the past, i.e. about 20 times more than today. The following chart shows the earth’s atmospheric CO2 concentrations for the past 600 million years.
Today, thanks in large part to mankind, concentrations have risen to over 400 ppm, yet historically this remains at the very low end of the scale compared to the thousands of ppm seen naturally earlier in history.
Greening planet
Today, definitely a safer level would be near 1000 ppm. Studies unanimously show plant growth at these higher levels is far enhanced. Already today we see clear evidence the planet is greening Zhu et al. (2016), in part due to the fertilizations taking place through human emissions:
Figure 1: Trends in Leaf Area Index around the planet. Note the units are in hundredths (10-2) of meters per square meter. An increase of 25 (Purple, right end of scale) is actually an annual change of .025 square meters per year. Note that the largest greenings are in fact over the South American, African, and Australasian tropical rainforests.
Greening across the world
German science magazine Wissenschaft reported not long ago: “Vegetation on earth has been expanding for decades, satellite data show.”
Some alarmists claim drought is spreading, but Wissenschaft magazine reports: “The opposite is the case: according to a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, satellite observations show a greening of vegetation over the past three decades in parts of Asia, Europe, South America, Central North America and Southeast Australia.”
“Although there are regions that would become browner, the bottom line is that there is a larger area on our planet that is greened than browned,” the German science magazine notes.
Thanks to CO2 fertilization
For the welcome trend, scientists attribute the surprising development on “a mixture of factors”, foremost the recent increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration, which plants thrive on and humans have been mislead into believing is a “pollutant”.
Also watch the following short video:
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At the 280 ppm concentration a rapidly growing vegetation cover (think a field of corn or vineyard) can deplete the CO2 in the air, unless wind is sufficient to carry in a new supply.
Somewhere**, it has been reported that 150 ppm is the critical concentration. That’s the red line in the chart.
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**I think here: http://co2science.org/
Site by Craig Idso and others
Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
“The Permian extinction was characterized by the elimination of over 95 percent of marine and 70 percent of terrestrial species.”
https://www.britannica.com/science/Permian-extinction
Perhaps it was a lack of CO2
“Today, thanks in large part to mankind, concentrations have risen to over 400 ppm,”
Read “Climate Miracle”and recognize this quote as error. Nature controls CO2. Mans additions to atmospheric content is about 8%. We haven’t ruined the planet with our emissions and we haven’t saved it. Moreover we cannot fix the climate crisis with money or by changing our emissions because there is no climate crisis.
em>”We haven’t ruined the planet with our emissions and we haven’t saved it.” – DMA
Yes. It’s a far more precarious situation we’re in than even some skeptics are willing to admit.
When all the Davos green fluffy talk of digital currencies is stripped away, that CO2 curve in the Lead, which they are well informed about, shows the Great Reset indeed at 150ppm CO2.
Maurice Strong and the Roots of the Great Reset Agenda
https://canadianpatriot.org/2020/11/25/maurice-strong-and-the-roots-of-the-great-reset-agenda/
See especially there a quote by Sir Alexander King, of the club of Rome :
“The real enemy then, is humanity itself.”
Hit that 150ppm CO2 level and indeed the dream of Dr. John Schellnhuber, CBE, will become reality – 1 billion people are to cherish that Reset.
Thank you for the auspicious writeup.
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