Comment by teamonkey
4 days ago
No, the atmospheric CO2 measurements are unaffected by this. We definitely have a CO2 problem despite plants being more effective at extracting it than previously thought.
Another way of looking at it is that planting trees may be more effective at removing CO2 than previously thought, and deforestation somewhat more harmful.
Well, wouldn't it be correct to say that now, with the new numbers, CO2 uptake of plants will be 31% more than previously thought? So every coming year, there will be 31% more CO2 converted into oxygen than previously thought?
That just means that CO2 emissions are actually higher than previously thought. We directly measure atmospheric CO2.