Changes are emerging across the climate system. Everywhere we look, the climate is changing rapidly.
Rate of recent changes is unprecedented in at least 2000 years for many climate metrics.
These changes are not natural; they are primarily caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
<3 warmer and more moist climate is great for plants <3
@mk @ed_hawkins
That is an absurd statement
if yes:
Prof. Dr. Gerd Ganteför (university of Konstanz in germany)
22:10 "green color[..]photosynthetic activity[..]chlorophyll production[..]Satellite images[..]nasa[..]between in 2000[..]over these 13 years to 2013[..]plant activity[..]drastically increased[..]because the growth period starts earlier ends later[..]spring comes earlier autumn comes later the plants have more opportunity to grow"
https://youtu.be/OaWM2Pd0sHY?t=1309
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a030300/a030380/mod17a2_m_psn_2304p.mp4
@mk @ed_hawkins
I don't dispite that a longer growing season gives many plant species more time to grow. But that comment as an apparent dismissal of the issue OP described is absurd. Many species would not survive in the tropics. Many animal and insect species depend on local seasonal change timing to emerge from winter sleep. Some birds migration relies on predictable availability of food. The global ecosystem is complex. More green might mean more wheat but a collapsing ecology