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Impact of CO2 fertilization on maximum foliage cover across the globe's warm, arid environments
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Satellite observations reveal a greening of the globe over recent decades. The role in this greening of the “CO 2 fertilization” effect—the enhancement of photosynthesis due to rising CO 2 levels—is yet to be established. The direct CO 2 effect on vegetation should be most clearly expressed in warm, arid environments where water is the dominant limit to vegetation growth. Using gas exchange theory, we predict that the 14% increase in atmospheric CO 2 (1982–2010) led to a 5 to 10% increase in green foliage cover in warm, arid environments. Satellite observations, analyzed to remove the effect of variations in precipitation, show that cover across these environments has increased by 11%. Our results confirm that the anticipated CO 2 fertilization effect is occurring alongside ongoing anthropogenic perturbations to the carbon cycle and that the fertilization effect is now a significant land surface process.
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- Authors
- Donohue, R. J., Roderick, M. L., McVicar, T. R., & Farquhar, G. D.
- Venue
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Published
- 2013-06-19
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 3031-3035
- ISSN
- 0094-8276 (ISSN-L)
- 1944-8007
- OpenAlex
- W2101999464
- Cited by
- 590
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 37.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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