Greenhouse planet : how rising CO2 changes plants and life as we know it / Lewis H. Ziska.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ziska, Lewis H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plants and civilization.

Human-plant relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

How rising CO2 changes plants and life as we know it

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Greenhouse Planet reveals the stakes of increased carbon dioxide for plants, people, and ecosystems-from crop yields to seasonal allergies and from wildfires to biodiversity. The veteran plant biologist Lewis H. Ziska confronts the claim that "CO2 is plant food," showing why it is deeply misleading.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

PART I A GREEN BLINDNESS

Chapter One PLANTS ARE IMPORTANT THE PART ABOUT FOOD

Chapter Two PLANTS ARE IMPORTANT THE PART ABOUT DRUGS

Chapter Three PLANTS ARE IMPORTANT THE PART ABOUT RELIGION

Chapter Four PLANTS ARE IMPORTANT THE PART ABOUT WEEDS

Chapter Five PLANTS ARE IMPORTANT THE PART ABOUT ART—AND ALLERGIES

PART II PLANTS AND MAGIC

Chapter Six SCIENCE IS FUNDAMENTAL

Chapter Seven CO2 IS PLANT FOOD THE GOOD

Chapter Eight CO2 IS PLANT FOOD THE BAD

Chapter Nine THE OMG

PART III CO2 IS PLANT FOOD. NOW WHAT?

Chapter Ten MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS

Chapter Eleven THE TEN-TON T. REX IN THE HALL CLOSET

Chapter Twelve WAIT, WHAT?

PART IV POLITICS AND PLEAS

Chapter Thirteen CRACKS IN THE SYSTEM

Chapter Fourteen SCIENCE SAYS

Chapter Fifteen CO2 IS PLANT FOOD THE LAST BIT

Chapter Sixteen A PERSONAL NOTE

AFTERWORD AND THANKS

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231556613

0231556616

OCLC:

1345221727