"Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere have created a more resource-rich environment for plants in the Amazon, leading to an average 3.3% increase in the circumference of trees at their base every decade since the 1970s, researchers have found."
Of course, there is the obligatory "This may get worse" warning. But really, this is no surprise. Most systems show a strong preference for equilibrium. If you put salt in water, it dissolves...until the point where as many molecules come out of solution as dissolve. The trees are drawing down CO2 with gusto. Oh, and imminent starvation? Another plant is getting its share. Wheat production increased from 592 million metric tons in 1990/91 to 793 million metric tons in 2024/25. Some of that might be superior breeds of wheat or more fertilizer but wheat is not at risk.
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