Most climate models apparently use fairly simple formulas to estimate CO2 uptake by plants, but “the results were clear: the more complex models that incorporated more of our current plant physiological understanding consistently projected stronger increases of vegetation carbon uptake globally.”
What are your thoughts, @Dana Nuccitelli?
"We often think about climate models as being all about physics, but biology plays a huge role and it is something that we really need to account for.
"These kinds of predictions have implications for nature-based solutions to climate change such as reforestation and afforestation and how much carbon such initiatives can take up. Our findings suggest these approaches could have a larger impact in mitigating climate change and over a longer time period than we thought.
"However, simply planting trees will not solve all our problems. We absolutely need to cut down emissions from all sectors. Trees alone cannot offer humanity a get out of jail free card."
Thanks for flagging @Karl Danz, it's an interesting study. Basically they found that when you incorporate trees' abilities to acclimate their photosynthesis processes to higher temperatures, it suggests they'll be able to store more carbon in a future hotter world than simpler physical models (not accounting for these physiological adaptations) suggest. It seems like a well-done study so hopefully they're right! 🌲
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