Global greening: How “CO2 pollution” is actually making Earth greener

In this clip from Ep. 2 of the CERES Podcast, we take a look at the latest results on the “global greening” phenomenon.

This is the surprising fact that, despite being labelled “pollution” by some groups, the increasing CO2 in the atmosphere from fossil fuel usage is actually leading to more plant life worldwide.

We discuss the latest satellite studies that confirm that the total amount of “green” area across the planet – from deserts to rainforests – has been steadily increasing since at least the early 1980s. These studies point out that there are three main causes of global greening: 1) CO2 fertilization; 2) climate change; 3) land management. The biggest factor by far is CO2 fertilization.

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Chapters:
00:00:00 Describing the global greening phenomenon.
00:03:02 Looking at the satellite data and the causes for this global greening.
00:06:34 How this debunks the UN’s erroneous claims in 2005 that climate change would lead to “50 million climate refugees by 2010”
00:09:20 The biological reason why increasing CO2 increases plant growth.

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Relevant Links:

❶ Li et al. (2024) paper on “Global greening”: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00543-z

Link to the full episode: https://rumble.com/v6rlz0t-using-penguin-poop-to-study-climate-how-nasa-got-climate-wrong-and-much-mor.html