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Global vegetation growth has stalled for the past 20 years
https://www.newsweek.com/global-vegetation-growth-has-stalled-last-20-years-scientists-may-now-know-why-1454102?amp=1Declines in the productivity and growth of land vegetation around the world since the late 1990s are the result of changes in the water content of the atmosphere, according to research which casts new light on the functioning of Earth's ecosystems in the face of climate change.
A team of researchers—led by Wenping Yuan from Peking University—analyzed four global climate datasets which included satellite imagery, revealing that vegetation growth had stalled or reversed over the last two decades or so, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances.
A team of researchers—led by Wenping Yuan from Peking University—analyzed four global climate datasets which included satellite imagery, revealing that vegetation growth had stalled or reversed over the last two decades or so, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances.
Long story short, the idea that CO2 will act like a fertilizer fails because a lack of humidity is causes them to close their stomatas to conserve water.