Sunday, 31 August 2014

FLORA AND FAUNA
Earth can sustain more terrestrial plant growth than previously thought
Champaign IL (SPX) Aug 27, 2014 - A new analysis suggests the planet can produce much more land-plant biomass - the total material in leaves, stems, roots, fruits, grains and other terrestrial plant parts - than previously thought. The study, reported in Environmental Science and Technology, recalculates the theoretical limit of terrestrial plant productivity, and finds that it is much higher than many current estimates al ... more


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