Plants can’t absorb as much CO2 as climate models predicted

ScienceDaily
Jan 5, 2026, 9:46 am187 ptsTop
CO2 can stimulate plant growth, but only when enough nitrogen is available—and that key ingredient has been seriously miscalculated. A new study finds that natural nitrogen fixation has been overestimated by about 50 percent in major climate models. This means the climate-cooling benefits of plant growth…

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