Carbon dioxide can stimulate photosynthesis in trees and increase their growth rates. A study of tree rings from three seasonal tropical forests shows no evidence of faster growth during 150 years of increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
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Cernusak, L. Tropical languor. Nature Geosci 8, 4–5 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2328
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