Study Suggests Plants Could , Play an Even Bigger Role , in Fighting Climate Change.<br />'Newsweek' reports that research suggests <br />plants may be even better at removing carbon dioxide <br />from the atmosphere than previously believed. .<br />A new paper in the journal <br />'Science Advances' highlights the importance <br />of conserving plant life on Earth.<br />Plants take up a substantial amount of <br />carbon dioxide (CO2) every year, thereby <br />slowing down the detrimental effects <br />of climate change, but the extent to <br />which they will continue this CO2 uptake <br />into the future has been uncertain, Jürgen Knauer, environmental modeling researcher at Western <br />Sydney University and co-author of the paper, via 'Newsweek'.<br />What we found is that a well-established <br />climate model that is used to feed into global <br />climate assessments by the likes of the IPCC <br />predicts stronger and sustained carbon <br />uptake until the end of the 21st century when <br />extended to account for the impact of some <br />critical physiological processes that govern <br />how plants conduct photosynthesis, Jürgen Knauer, environmental modeling researcher at Western <br />Sydney University and co-author of the paper, via 'Newsweek'.<br />What we found is that a well-established <br />climate model that is used to feed into global <br />climate assessments by the likes of the IPCC <br />predicts stronger and sustained carbon <br />uptake until the end of the 21st century when <br />extended to account for the impact of some <br />critical physiological processes that govern <br />how plants conduct photosynthesis, Jürgen Knauer, environmental modeling researcher at Western <br />Sydney University and co-author of the paper, via 'Newsweek'.<br />The authors of the study modeled how plants would absorb <br />CO2 in a high-emission scenario, while accounting for <br />different levels of plant physiological processes. .<br />The authors of the study modeled how plants would absorb <br />CO2 in a high-emission scenario, while accounting for <br />different levels of plant physiological processes. .<br />We often think about climate models <br />as being all about physics, but biology <br />plays a huge role and it is something <br />that we really need to account for, Silvia Caldararu, assistant professor in climate <br />science at Trinity College Dublin, via 'Newsweek'.<br />These kinds of predictions have implications <br />for nature-based solutions to climate change <br />such as reforestation and afforestation and <br />how much carbon such initiatives can take up. , Silvia Caldararu, assistant professor in climate <br />science at Trinity College Dublin, via 'Newsweek'.<br />These kinds of predictions have implications <br />for nature-based solutions to climate change <br />such as reforestation and afforestation and <br />how much carbon such initiatives can take up. , Silvia Caldararu, assistant professor in climate <br />science at Trinity College Dublin, via 'Newsweek'.<br />Our findings suggest these approaches <br />could have a larger impact in mitigating <br />climate change and over a longer <br />time period than we thought, Silvia Caldararu, assistant professor in climate <br />science at Trinity College Dublin, via 'Newsweek'.<br />'Newsweek' reports that the authors of the study stress <br />the importance of current efforts to mitigate CO2 <br />emissions and curb the impact of climate change.<br />'Newsweek' reports that the authors of the study stress <br />the importance of current efforts to mitigate CO2 <br />emissions and curb the impact of climate change
