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CO2 - Plant Growth Response

Most plants respond very favorably to increased CO2 concentration of surrounding air. Yields of agricultural crops and trees increase substantially when they are supplied with additional CO2 enhancement.

Corn yields typically increase by 20% in response to a doubling of the atmospheric CO2 concentration. Grain production increases 40% in high CO2 conditions, trees show 50% yield increases, and vegetables can have up to a 40% yield increase.

CO2 enrichment has many other benefits to crops, directly and indirectly, like increased soil fertility and improved soil structure.

http://www.greeningearthsociety.org/Articles/1999/averts/averts1.htm

http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/200/300/fraser/g_warming/consequences.html