Extinction risk to plant biodiversity may occur at lower levels of atmospheric CO2 than previously considered
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 15:07
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have traced a sudden collapse in plant biodiversity in ancient Greenland, some 200 million years ago, to a relatively small rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide which caused a rise in the Earth`s temperature.
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