Climate change and rising CO2 concentrations have been increasing plant productivity over the past two decades. Now, research projects that this increase will cease over most of the Northern Hemisphere, except the Arctic, by 2060.
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Koch, A. Peaking productivity by 2060. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 505–506 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01370-0
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