It is only a removal of carbon is you sequester the residue, or use it as an energy source to displace fossil fuel usage. Otherwise the extra biomass is simply degraded to CO2 by the multitude of organisms that do so, routinely.
Peter Peter Flynn, P. Eng., Ph. D. Emeritus Professor and Poole Chair in Management for Engineers Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Alberta peter.fl...@ualberta.ca cell: 928 451 4455 *From:* geoengineering@googlegroups.com [mailto: geoengineering@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Durbrow *Sent:* Friday, November 18, 2016 10:40 AM *To:* geoengineering <geoengineering@googlegroups.com> *Subject:* [geo] Does 20% increase in photosynthesis in crops = huge carbon removal? A recent Science article at http://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6314/857 indicates that photosynthesis in some crops may be improved by up to 20% resulting in 15-20% larger plants. So I assume this means more carbon dioxide removal. This is a significant improvement for agriculture but is it a significant improvement in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere? Can any climate modelers chime in? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
