<story><title>Study: Global plant growth surging alongside carbon dioxide (2017)</title><url>https://www.noaa.gov/news/study-global-plant-growth-surging-alongside-carbon-dioxide</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Nbox9</author><text>We’ve known about this effect for awhile.  Tree growth has increased on volume but decreased in density since the industrial revolution[0].  A small bump in plant growth can not be seen as anything but the smallest of a silver lining.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&amp;#x2F;science&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;pii&amp;#x2F;S0378112718310600&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&amp;#x2F;science&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;pii&amp;#x2F;S037811271...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Study: Global plant growth surging alongside carbon dioxide (2017)</title><url>https://www.noaa.gov/news/study-global-plant-growth-surging-alongside-carbon-dioxide</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bryan0</author><text>How do climate change models currently account for increase in plants? Are these plant growth numbers in line with expectations? Is this a large change or a rounding error in those models?</text></comment>