Plants consume CO2, so is global warming beneficial to them?

Answer 1

The easy answer is yes, but there are so many other factors in global warming.

One is as temperatures rise, climates begin to change, and many plant and animal species can't make the adjustment, succumbing to disease, drought, or heat/cold.

Another big problem is the amount of deforestation taking place on a global scale. We now know the rain forests around the world play a vital part in the overal health of our planet, and we're losing them at an unbelieveable rate.

Overall, yes, extra co2 isn't bad in and of it's self on plants, but the cause of the extra co2 most definately is.

Answer 2

In some cases, warmer conditions disrupt the ecology and hurt plants--that can also happen if plants adapted to lower levels of CO2 can't tolerate the increase.

However their plants that seem to benefit from increased levels of CO2. The most notable is poison ivy--CO2 level increases cause it to grow much better--and the toxins it produces get much stronger.

Answer 3

global warming is not only about carbon dioxide..there are other greenhouses gases which contribute to this phenomenon..which by the way causes pollution and consequently affecting the normal process of plants for photosynthesis..plants consume CO2..that's a yes..but it's only a part of the needs of plants..

Answer 4

There is more than enough CO_2 for them without humans adding to it. Global warming isn't affecting the amount of Oxygen for us to breathe, and it isn't affecting how much CO_2 plants can "breathe" either.