#  Plant Responses to Rising CO2 

 



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Terrestrial plants have a massive capacity to capture carbon, and the potential for increased plant growth under future elevated CO2 may have a critical mitigating influence on human CO2 emissions to the atmosphere. However, the extent of a future “CO2 Fertilization Effect” and what will regulate this effect are not well understood.

Our research aims to understand how temperate and tropical forests will change in a higher CO2 world. This work involves monitoring aboveground tree growth as well as the belowground communities that help trees obtain the resources needed to fuel extra growth under elevated CO2.