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		gitaarik on Jan 14, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Estimates of plant CO2 uptake rise by nearly one t... Well, wouldn't it be correct to say that now, with the new numbers, CO2 uptake of plants will be 31% more than previously thought? So every coming year, there will be 31% more CO2 converted into oxygen than previously thought?

mzhaase on Jan 14, 2025 [–]

That just means that CO2 emissions are actually higher than previously thought. We directly measure atmospheric CO2.

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