CO2-loving plants can counter human emissions

Under right conditions, photosynthesis-respiration cycle stems accelerating rise of atmospheric gas

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PLANT POWER  Plants absorbed more carbon dioxide during the first few years of the new millennium than they released. That imbalance temporarily steadied the rise of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere, new research suggests.

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Plants temporarily halted the acceleration of rising carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere, new research suggests.