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008			220315s2022 nyua b 001 0 eng d
040			_aYDX _beng _cYDX _dNFG
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035			_a(OCoLC)1303556562 _z(OCoLC)1303668037
092			_a581.7 _bZ81
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aZiska, Lewis H.
245	1	0	_aGreenhouse planet : _bhow rising CO2 changes plants and life as we know it / _cLewis H. Ziska.
264		1	_aNew York : _bColumbia University Press, _c2022
300			_a221 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPlants are important : the part about food -- Plants are important : the part about drugs -- Plants are important : the part about religion -- Plants are important : the part about weeds -- Plants are important : the part about art -- and allergies -- Science is fundamental -- CO2 is plant food : the good -- CO2 is plant food : the bad -- The OMG -- More questions than answers -- The ten-ton T-Rex in the hall closet -- Wait, what? -- Cracks in the system -- Science says -- CO2 is plant food : the last bit -- A personal note.
520			_a""CO2 is plant food" is a longtime conservative talking point. It's a tricky one because it's not exactly a lie. CO2 is plant food. But it's more complicated than that. In this book, prominent plant biologist and climate scientist Lewis Ziska explains the complex, mixed results we get when CO2 in the atmosphere increases. Many crop plants, like rices that much of the world depends on as a staple food, do grow more abundantly under these conditions, but they also become less nutritious. And it turns out that weeds fare even better than other kinds of plants--they flourish and become harder to control. There are many examples like this. Ziska first describes the importance of plants for food, medicine, and culture with the fascination and reverence of someone who has been studying them for decades. Then, he explains the science of what happens to various kinds of plants when atmospheric CO2 increases (as it currently is). He takes on the "CO2 is plant food" talking point throughout, and especially in the final section of the book, where he reveals the detrimental effects that politics (including funding decisions) have on scientific research"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aPlants _xEffect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on.
650		0	_aAtmospheric carbon dioxide _xEnvironmental aspects. _9355082
650		0	_aHuman-plant relationships. _957482
650		0	_aPlants and civilization. _9243589
650		0	_aClimatic changes. _986282
650		0	_aScience _xPolitical aspects. _9184772
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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