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  2. CO2 fertilization effect - Wikipedia

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    Through photosynthesis, plants use CO 2 from the atmosphere, water from the ground, and energy from the sun to create sugars used for growth and fuel. [22] While using these sugars as fuel releases carbon back into the atmosphere (photorespiration), growth stores carbon in the physical structures of the plant (i.e. leaves, wood, or non-woody stems). [23]

  3. Biological carbon fixation - Wikipedia

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    This is known as carbon isotope discrimination and results in carbon-12 to carbon-13 ratios in the plant that are higher than in the free air. Measurement of this isotopic ratio is important in the evaluation of water use efficiency in plants, [32] [33] [34] and also in assessing the possible or likely sources of carbon in global carbon cycle ...

  4. It's not one or the other: CO2 can drive global warming and ...

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    CO2 is used in greenhouses to boost plant growth. CO2 is also causing modern global warming by slowing the escape of heat energy into space. ... because it increases the efficiency of an important ...

  5. Soil respiration - Wikipedia

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    The products of this reaction are carbon dioxide and usually either ethyl alcohol or lactic acid. [2] Due to the lack of oxygen, this pathway is described as anaerobic respiration. This is an important source of CO 2 in soil respiration in waterlogged ecosystems where oxygen is scarce, as in peat bogs and wetlands.

  6. Photosynthesis - Wikipedia

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    These include the amount of light available, the amount of leaf area a plant has to capture light (shading by other plants is a major limitation of photosynthesis), the rate at which carbon dioxide can be supplied to the chloroplasts to support photosynthesis, the availability of water, and the availability of suitable temperatures for carrying ...

  7. Compensation point - Wikipedia

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    The CO 2 compensation point (Γ) is the CO 2 concentration at which the rate of photosynthesis exactly matches the rate of respiration. There is a significant difference in Γ between C 3 plants and C 4 plants: on land, the typical value for Γ in a C 3 plant ranges from 40–100 μmol/mol, while in C 4 plants the values are lower at 3–10 μmol/mol. Plants with a weaker CCM, such as C2 ...

  8. C4 carbon fixation - Wikipedia

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    Today, C 4 plants represent about 5% of Earth's plant biomass and 3% of its known plant species. [ 18 ] [ 25 ] Despite this scarcity, they account for about 23% of terrestrial carbon fixation. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Increasing the proportion of C 4 plants on earth could assist biosequestration of CO 2 and represent an important climate change avoidance ...

  9. C3 carbon fixation - Wikipedia

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    C 3 carbon fixation occurs in all plants as the first step of the Calvin–Benson cycle. (In C 4 and CAM plants, carbon dioxide is drawn out of malate and into this reaction rather than directly from the air.) Cross section of a C 3 plant, specifically of an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf. Vascular bundles shown.