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Last 15 Postings

Three Decades of NPP Increase in Coastal China (19 February 2021)
Over the period 1986-2015, net primary productivity (NPP) has increased in this region by an average 1.67 g C m-2 yr-1...

Plant Growth Database (18 February 2021)
Our latest result of plant growth responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment obtained from experiments described in the peer-reviewed scientific literature is for Coffee (Avila et al., 2020). To access the entire database, click here.
Physiological Buffering by a Marine Macroalgae Ameliorates Ocean Acidification and Warming Effects on a Large Foraminifer (17 February 2021)
When treated in isolation, the foraminifer experienced reduced growth and calcification. But when treated in combination with a macroalgae these effects were ameliorated...

Plant Growth Database (16 February 2021)
Our latest result of plant growth responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment obtained from experiments described in the peer-reviewed scientific literature is for Potato (Yubi et al., 2020). To access the entire database, click here.

CO2-induced Reductions in N2O emissions in a Subtropical Rice Field (15 February 2021)
Across six separate growing seasons, elevated CO2 reduced area-scaled N2O emissions by 23-78%...
A Solar-Climate Link in Northern Fennoscandia (12 February 2021)
Analysis of data over the past three centuries reveals a statistically significant correlation between solar forcing (the ~22-year Hale cycle) and summer temperature...

Plant Growth Database (11 February 2021)
Our latest result of plant growth responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment obtained from experiments described in the peer-reviewed scientific literature is for Rice (Jiang et al., 2020). To access the entire database, click here.

The Combined Impacts of Ocean Acidification and Warming on Symbiochlorum hainanensis (10 February 2021)
This alga and those corals which share a symbiotic relationship with it are in no danger of rapid demise or extinction from rising temperatures and/or increases in the air's CO2 content. In fact, they will likely benefit from it!...

Plant Growth Database (9 February 2021)
Our latest result of plant growth responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment obtained from experiments described in the peer-reviewed scientific literature is for Maize (Khan et al., 2020). To access the entire database, click here.
What Can Two Hours of CO2 Enrichment Per Day Achieve? (8 February 2021)
Surprisingly, it can achieve a lot! Read on to see what this colorless, odorless and tasteless atmospheric trace gas did for eggplant in a four week study...

Plant Growth Database (5 February 2021)
Our latest result of plant growth responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment obtained from experiments described in the peer-reviewed scientific literature is for Soybean (Drag et al., 2020). To access the entire database, click here.

Effects of Elevated CO2 on the Development and Fecundity of an Aphid Pest (5 February 2021)
The bird cherry-oat aphid is responsible for significant losses in cereal yield and quality each year. Society, however, has a secret weapon in its fight against this harmful insect pest and that weapon is rising atmospheric CO2, which reduced both aphid development and fecundity in this controlled study...

Plant Growth Database (2 February 2021)
Our latest result of plant growth responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment obtained from experiments described in the peer-reviewed scientific literature is for Canteloupe (Zhang et al., 2020). To access the entire database, click here.

The Interactive Effects of CO2 and Light Intensity on Lettuce Growth (1 February 2021)
In the words of the authors who conducted this study, plants exposed to higher light intensities and CO2 concentrations "had better growth performance than those exposed to lower light and [lower] CO2 levels"...

No Impact of Elevated CO2 on Learning Capabilities of Bigfin Reef Squid (29 January 2021)
Under a worse-case CO2 emission scenario (seawater of 1,084 µatm), learning and the capacity for conditional discrimination are unaffected in bigfin reef squid, indicating complex or higher level learning of this important cephalopod species will not be impaired by projections of future ocean acidification...

Plant Growth Database (28 January 2021)
Our latest result of plant growth responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment obtained from experiments described in the peer-reviewed scientific literature is for Rice (Mao et al., 2020). To access the entire database, click here.
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