According to new research reported in the Geophysical Research Letters, increased levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) over the past three decades have caused an 11 percent increase in green foliage over the globe’s arid regions through a process called CO2 fertilization. Satellite data shows the per cent amount that foliage cover has changed around the world from 1982 to 2010 (Randall Donohue et al) “In Australia, our native vegetation is superbly...
