Rising temperatures reducing ability of plants to absorb carbon, study warns

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Rising temperatures reducing ability of plants to absorb carbon, study warns

Research shows warming over past decade caused droughts that reduced number of plants available to soak up carbon dioxide

Rising temperatures in the past decade have reduced the ability of the world's plants to soak up carbon from the atmosphere, scientists said today.

Large-scale droughts have wiped out plants that would have otherwise absorbed an amount of carbon equivalent to Britain's annual man-made greenhouse gas emissions.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/19/rising-temperatures-plants-carbon



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When realization finally hits -- I know what the first question is going to be ...

"Why didn't someone tell me?" --

and

second -- "Why didn't someone do something about this?"