
Study methodology
Chart with plots overlapped, showing strong correlation. But, which drives which?
According to this report, "perhaps up to 9% of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere today may be attributable to human-related activities like agriculture, industry, and transportation."
And: "Earth's plant life will respond to soak up these additions
with additional biologic activity, but this takes time." Mother Earth is very resilient, but not in a big hurry, and not particularly concerned about mankind.
So, industrialization is having a negative effect (which we should try to minimize); but would the trend be all that different if we all returned to wearing loin cloths, living in caves, hunting animals with spears, and eating them raw?
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