High carbon dioxide levels cause plants to thicken their leaves, could worsen climate change effects

Author: Science Daily.   Date Posted:3 October 2018 

Date:
October 1, 2018
Source:
University of Washington
Summary:
When levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rise, most plants do something unusual: They thicken their leaves. Now scientists have shown that this reaction by plants will actually worsen climate change by making the global 'carbon sink' contributed by plants less productive.
 
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