Plants are no longer absorbing carbon dioxide

Question

Honestly, this claim made me a little agitated and upset. It is very obviously false. This made it very interesting to read about, mostly because that's not how our world works. Photosynthesis will never stop because CO2 will never not be produced. If that were to happen then they would stop emitting oxygen and we wouldn't be able to breath. 

It was super interesting to dig a little deeper about this topic because there were many articles out there that vouched for this claim. It's also very scary to think how some people can be so ignorant to topics like this. Climate change is very real.

Don't get me wrong, climate change is heavily ruining our world, but I think CO2 absorption would be the least of our worries. When I think of climate change, I think of greenhouse gasses, polar bears losing their home, and how we are (corporations) choosing money over our world. I wouldn't have even thought about the CO2 levels, so it was interesting reading about it. I think more people need to be educated on this topic, plants don't just stop their basic nature.

Answer 1

Reading this claim truly shocked me.This claim is false. If the plants were no longer absorbing carbon dioxide, they wouldn't be able to survive. From a Nasa article its stated "The results of the study also highlight the importance of the role of ecosystems in the global carbon cycle". With the process of photosynthesis especially, carbon dioxide is essential for the survival of our planet. If plants were no longer absorbing carbon dioxide, the effects would be obvious. From a different article listed by Technology Network it was stated that "Understanding how much carbon can be stored in land ecosystems, especially in forests with their large accumulations of biomass in wood, is essential to making predictions of future climate change." The stability of our planet would collapse very quickly due to climate change occurring at a faster rate.

https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/plants-are-absorbing-31-more-carbon-dioxide-than-previously-thought-392349

https://www.nasa.gov/science-research/earth-science/land-ecosystems-are-becoming-less-efficient-at-absorbing-co2/