Re: More Plants

**"Marge Talt" m*@hort.net**

I wondered the same thing, Margaret.  Since the article does not
appear available unless you register on the site, don't know what
they've said, but those figures are hard to believe, given what I
understand of the destruction of vegetation on this planet by human
activity.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Margaret Lauterbach <melauter@earthlink.net>
> 
> I wondered if they were counting the rain forest deforestation. 
Margaret 
> Lauterbach
> 
> >This nugget was in the ezine The Weekly Dirt today.
> >
> >There are 6% more plants on the Earth than there were 20 years
ago,
> >according to a new report from Science magazine. The increase in
heat,
> >light, water and carbon dioxide caused the burst in plant growth.
The
> >tropics and higher latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere account
for 80% of
> >the growth. http://www.sciencemag.org/
> >

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