Abstract
Since the early 1960s, the declining phase of the atmosphere's seasonal CO2 cycle has advanced by approximately 7 days in northern temperate latitudes, possibly as a result of increasing temperatures that may be advancing the time of occurrence of what may be called 'climatological spring.' However, just as several different phenomena are thought to have been responsible for the concomitant increase in the amplitude of the atmosphere's seasonal CO2 oscillation, so too may other factors have played a role in bringing about the increasingly earlier spring drawdown of CO2 that has resulted in the advancement of the declining phase of the air's CO2 cycle. One of these factors may be the ongoing rise in the CO2 content of the air itself: for the aerial fertilization effect of this phenomenon may be significantly enhancing the growth of each new season's initial flush of vegetation, which would tend to stimulate the early drawdown of atmospheric CO2 and thereby advance the time of occurrence of what could be called 'biological spring.' Working with sour orange (Citrus aurantium L.) trees that have been growing out-of-doors in open-top chambers for over 10 years in air of either 400 or 700 ppm CO2, this hypothesis was investigated by periodically measuring the lengths, dry weights and leaf chlorophyll concentrations of new branches that emerged from the trees at the start of the 1998 growing season. The data demonstrate that the hypothesis is viable, and that it might possibly account for 2 of the 7 days by which the spring drawdown of the air's CO2 concentration has advanced over the past few decades. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 91-100 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Environmental and Experimental Botany |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2000 |
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Keywords
- Bud-break
- Carbon dioxide
- CO
- Global warming
- Seasonal CO cycle
- Spring
- Trees
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Plant Science
- Environmental Science(all)
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Ultra-enhanced spring branch growth in CO2-enriched trees : Can it alter the phase of the atmosphere's seasonal CO2 cycle? / Idso, Craig D.; Idso, Sherwood B.; Kimball, Bruce A.; Park, Hyoung Shin; Hoober, J. Kenneth; Balling, Robert.
In: Environmental and Experimental Botany, Vol. 43, No. 2, 04.2000, p. 91-100.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Ultra-enhanced spring branch growth in CO2-enriched trees
T2 - Can it alter the phase of the atmosphere's seasonal CO2 cycle?
AU - Idso, Craig D.
AU - Idso, Sherwood B.
AU - Kimball, Bruce A.
AU - Park, Hyoung Shin
AU - Hoober, J. Kenneth
AU - Balling, Robert
PY - 2000/4
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N2 - Since the early 1960s, the declining phase of the atmosphere's seasonal CO2 cycle has advanced by approximately 7 days in northern temperate latitudes, possibly as a result of increasing temperatures that may be advancing the time of occurrence of what may be called 'climatological spring.' However, just as several different phenomena are thought to have been responsible for the concomitant increase in the amplitude of the atmosphere's seasonal CO2 oscillation, so too may other factors have played a role in bringing about the increasingly earlier spring drawdown of CO2 that has resulted in the advancement of the declining phase of the air's CO2 cycle. One of these factors may be the ongoing rise in the CO2 content of the air itself: for the aerial fertilization effect of this phenomenon may be significantly enhancing the growth of each new season's initial flush of vegetation, which would tend to stimulate the early drawdown of atmospheric CO2 and thereby advance the time of occurrence of what could be called 'biological spring.' Working with sour orange (Citrus aurantium L.) trees that have been growing out-of-doors in open-top chambers for over 10 years in air of either 400 or 700 ppm CO2, this hypothesis was investigated by periodically measuring the lengths, dry weights and leaf chlorophyll concentrations of new branches that emerged from the trees at the start of the 1998 growing season. The data demonstrate that the hypothesis is viable, and that it might possibly account for 2 of the 7 days by which the spring drawdown of the air's CO2 concentration has advanced over the past few decades. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
AB - Since the early 1960s, the declining phase of the atmosphere's seasonal CO2 cycle has advanced by approximately 7 days in northern temperate latitudes, possibly as a result of increasing temperatures that may be advancing the time of occurrence of what may be called 'climatological spring.' However, just as several different phenomena are thought to have been responsible for the concomitant increase in the amplitude of the atmosphere's seasonal CO2 oscillation, so too may other factors have played a role in bringing about the increasingly earlier spring drawdown of CO2 that has resulted in the advancement of the declining phase of the air's CO2 cycle. One of these factors may be the ongoing rise in the CO2 content of the air itself: for the aerial fertilization effect of this phenomenon may be significantly enhancing the growth of each new season's initial flush of vegetation, which would tend to stimulate the early drawdown of atmospheric CO2 and thereby advance the time of occurrence of what could be called 'biological spring.' Working with sour orange (Citrus aurantium L.) trees that have been growing out-of-doors in open-top chambers for over 10 years in air of either 400 or 700 ppm CO2, this hypothesis was investigated by periodically measuring the lengths, dry weights and leaf chlorophyll concentrations of new branches that emerged from the trees at the start of the 1998 growing season. The data demonstrate that the hypothesis is viable, and that it might possibly account for 2 of the 7 days by which the spring drawdown of the air's CO2 concentration has advanced over the past few decades. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
KW - Bud-break
KW - Carbon dioxide
KW - CO
KW - Global warming
KW - Seasonal CO cycle
KW - Spring
KW - Trees
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