Many benefits of increasing CO2 in the atmosphere – Introduction – Increased by that?

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Via Craig D. Idso – April 6, 2022

Dr. Craig Idso, President of Center for Carbon Dioxide Research and Global Changeand a new principal at MasterResource, invites readers to join him in a new series of articles that discuss the many ways that increased atmospheric carbon dioxide benefits humans and nature.

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: you cannot see, hear, smell or taste it. But it’s there – all around us – and it’s so vital to life. Composed of one carbon and two oxygen atoms, this simple molecule serves as the primary raw material from which plants build their tissues, from which animals provide them. . Knowledge of the vital role played by life and life sustaining carbon dioxide, or CO₂is in fact so well established that humans – and all the rest of the biosphere – are described in the most basic of terms like based on carbon life forms. We simply cannot and would not exist without it.

Ironically, there is too much demonization and mislabeling of this important atmospheric trace gas as a contaminant. Nothing could be better than the truth. Instead of being shunned like the plague, the continued increase of CO₂ should be welcome with open arms.

How do I know this?

Over the course of three decades of my professional career, I’ve done countless hours of research, performed numerous experiments, published a series of professional journal articles, written several books, created videos and films. long literature, and author of thousands of peer-reviewed articles exploring the effects of CO₂ on the biosphere (much of that work can be found at CO₂ Science website, www.co2science.org). In all of those activities, I learned that, more than just a pollutant, this colorless, odorless, tasteless and invisible gas benefits the biosphere in many ways. And I want to share that knowledge with you!

To this end, over the next few months I will be publishing a series of papers that describe some of the key benefits of atmospheric CO.₂ Enrichment provides for both humanity and nature. Articles will explore topics such as the effects of CO₂ on plant growth and water use efficiency, a CO₂– create the greening of the planet, the monetary benefit of increasing CO₂ on crop yield, and much more. Look for posts at a rate of about two per month.

Sadly, most of the population is still not aware of the many positive effects of CO .₂ on the biosphere. This is not surprising considering the constant and steady stream of misinformation that our society suffers from sources dedicated to demeaning and smearing CO.₂. More than that, world governments, NGOs, international agencies, social think tanks and even respected scientific institutions are trying to assess the potential consequences. of increasing CO in the atmosphere₂ focus has spent hundreds of millions of dollars writing and promoting major reports about it.

However, these efforts failed miserably because they neglected to evaluate or even admit The real and measurable benefits of a continued increase in CO₂ Content. Therefore, many important and positive effects of CO in the atmosphere₂ enrichment remains underappreciated and largely ignored in the debate about what to do, or not to do, in terms of anthropogenic CO₂ emissions. And that omission does not bode well for policy decisions.

I hope you will join me on this informative journey as we discover the many benefits of CO₂ and I hope you will share what you read and learn with others. Social change occurs when individuals are informed. Together, we can help make it happen!

– Sir. Craig Idso

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CRAIG D. IDSO is the founder, former chairman and current chairman of Center for Carbon Dioxide Research and Global Change. The Center was established in 1998 as a non-profit public charity dedicated to discovering and disseminating scientific information regarding the impact of atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment on climate and Biosphere. Online newsletter production center, HAVE₂ Scienceand maintains a massive online collection of editorials and peer-reviewed scientific journal articles related to global climate change.

Dr. Idso’s research has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including Geophysical research letter, Environmental and Experimental Botany, Ecosystem and forest management, Climate Magazine, Physical geography, Atmospheric environment, Technology, Biological Quarterly Review, Energy & Environmentand Journal of the Arizona Academy of Sciences-Nevada.

Dr. Idso is the author or co-author of several books, including The many benefits of CO in the atmosphere₂ Enrich (Vales Lake Publishing, LLC, 2011), HAVE₂Global Warming and Species Extinction (Vales Lake Publishing, LLC2009), CO₂Global warming and coral reefs (Vales Lake Publishing, LLC2009); Enhancement or Defect? Human health in CO . environment₂-Enriched Warmer World (Center for Carbon Dioxide Research and Global Change, 2003); and Specter of Species Extinction: Will Global Warming Deplete Earth’s Biosphere? (George C. Marshall Institute, 2003). He has contributed chapters to McKittrick, R. (Ed.), Important topics on global warming (The Fraser Institute, 2009) and Encyclopedia of Soil Science (Marcel Dekker, 2002). Dr. Idso has also produced several short video in action and father documentary series, Carbon Dioxide and the Climate Crisis: Reality or Illusion? (2008), Carbon Dioxide and the Climate Crisis: Avoiding Plant and Fauna Extinction (2008), and Carbon Dioxide and the Climate Crisis: Doing the Right Thing (2008).

In 2009, Dr. Idso became lead author and editor for the Agro-governmental International Committee on Climate Change (NIPCC), overseeing a group of internationally renowned scientists in the production of several major report on climate change. Such reports include Climate change revisited: 2009 report of the International Non-Governmental Committee on Climate Change (NIPCC)., Climate change revisited: Midterm report 2011, Climate Change Revisited II: Physical Scienceand Climate Change Revisited II: Biological Impacts. His most recent work with the NIPCC is encapsulated in a 2019 report. Climate Change Revisited II: Fossil Fuelswhere he contributes as lead author or contributor in several chapters.

Dr. Idso received a BA in Geography from Arizona State University, an MA in Agronomy from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, and a Ph. in Geography from Arizona State University, where he also attended as one of a small group of Graduate Scholars. Previous positions include Director of Environmental Science at Peabody Energy in St. Louis, Missouri; research faculty in the Office of Climate at Arizona State University; and is a lecturer in Meteorology at Arizona State University.

Dr. Idso’s professional associations include membership in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society, the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Sciences. , American Geographers Association, American Ecological Society, Geological Society of America, and The Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Dr. Idso has also served as a supporting scholar for the Cato Institute and he is currently a policy advisor to CO₂ Alliance, Heartland Institute, and Commission for a Constructive Tomorrow.