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Re: A list of those who do not accept the AGW dogma.
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Originally Posted by Mahasattva
CO2 is not a pollutant. It is requirement for all plant life. Higher levels of CO2 have been shown to have great benefits for plant life.
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Not true.
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"What we discovered is that leaves grown under high CO2 lose their ability to produce jasmonic acid, and that whole defense pathway is shut down," Delucia said. "The leaves are no longer adequately defended."
The higher carbohydrate content of the leaves and the lack of chemical defenses allowed the adult insects to feast and live longer and produce more offspring.
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Insects Take A Bigger Bite Out Of Plants In A Higher Carbon Dioxide World
And of course:
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For example, crops such as cabbage and broccoli, grown at twice the current level of atmospheric CO2, had 20 percent less nitrogen and protein in their leaves, studies showed. At the biological station's lakeside laboratory in Pellston, Michigan, Western Michigan University biologist David Karowe was among the first to show how rising CO2 levels could have a dramatic ripple effect across the entire food web.
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For plants, C[O.sup.2] means bigger, not better - carbon dioxide - Brief Article | E: The Environmental Magazine | Find Articles at BNET
Just one example; we clearly don't know enough yet to say what impact elevated CO2 will have on ecosystems.
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