{"id":80661,"date":"2013-07-10T20:02:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T12:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/satellites-capture-co2-fertilization-in-worlds-deserts\/"},"modified":"2013-07-10T20:02:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T12:02:37","slug":"satellites-capture-co2-fertilization-in-worlds-deserts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/satellites-capture-co2-fertilization-in-worlds-deserts\/","title":{"rendered":"Satellites Capture CO2 Fertilization in World\u2019s Deserts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tags: CO2, Research, Satellite Imagery&nbsp;<br \/>\nPublication: Ibtimes.com<br \/>\nPublication Date: 07\/10\/2013<\/p>\n<table width=\"150\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" cellpadding=\"6\" cellspacing=\"2\" margin=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"90\" hspace=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/Assets\/Image\/CO2Fertilization.png\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<i>Satellite data shows the percent amount that foliage cover has changed around the world from 1982 to 2010.<\/i><br \/>\nImage credit: CSRIO\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>According to a new study conducted by Australia\u2019s&nbsp;Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Australian National University, carbon dioxide has boosted green foliage in the world\u2019s driest regions through a process called \u201cCO2 fertilization.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nUsing mathematical modeling and satellites that detect leaf coverage, the study found that in arid regions of Australia, North America, the Middle East and Africa, CO2 fertilization increased foliage by 11 percent over nearly three decades.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nResearchers used a computer model of a given area to predict carbon dioxide\u2019s \u201cfertilization effect\u201d as increasing plant foliage by 5 to 10 percent over a 30-year period. With satellite imagery, the team compared the model to real-world changes that occurred between 1982 and 2010 and found that their predictions supported their theory that the gas helped plant growth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" align=\"absMiddle\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/Assets\/Image\/FullStoryArrow.png\">&nbsp;Full story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tags: CO2, Research, Satellite Imagery&nbsp; Publication: Ibtimes.com Publication Date: 07\/10\/2013 Satellite data shows the percent amount that foliage cover has changed around the world from 1982 to 2010. Image credit: CSRIO According to a new study conducted by Australia\u2019s&nbsp;Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Australian National University, carbon dioxide has boosted green foliage in the world\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}