Researchers find mushrooms may hold clues to effect of carbon dioxide on lawns
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 10:01
in Earth & Climate
Since the Industrial Revolution, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has rapidly increased. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire set out to determine how rising carbon dioxide concentrations and different climates may alter vegetation like forests, croplands, and 40 million acres of American lawns. They found that the clues may lie in an unexpected source, mushrooms.