Friday, September 07, 2012

Bummer: CO2 will allegedly cause crops to demand more water and release less water vapor into the atmosphere

DailyNews Online Edition - 'No alternative to food security in Africa'
Climate change is expected to affect agriculture through higher temperatures, greater crop water demand, more variable rainfall and extreme climate events such as heat waves, floods and drought.
Flashback:  Rising carbon dioxide is causing plants to have fewer pores, releasing less water to the atmosphere
ScienceDaily (Mar. 4, 2011) — As carbon dioxide levels have risen during the last 150 years, the density of pores that allow plants to breathe has dwindled by 34 percent, restricting the amount of water vapor the plants release to the atmosphere

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