Refuting the "co2 is plant food" and "Earth is greening" climate change denial arguments

This video responds to those who say carbon emissions are not a problem because "CO2 is plant food" and "the planet is greening". We examine the science of what rising temperatures and climate change will actually mean for global agricultural production.

LINKS TO SCIENCE

https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate3004 - Greening of the Earth and its drivers

http://www.pnas.org/content/105/6/1781 - Insects take a bigger bite out of plants in a warmer, higher carbon dioxide world

https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/ehp41/ - Estimated Effects of Future Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations on Protein Intake and the Risk of Protein Deficiency by Country and Region

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/333/6042/616

http://www.pnas.org/content/114/35/9326 - Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate1990 - Crop pests and pathogens move polewards in a warming world

https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/wildlife-in-a-warming-world-the-effects-of-climate-change-on-biodiversity

https://feu-us.org/case-for-climate-action-us/