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• Research Article   
  Effects of Plant Decomposition and Soil Respiration on CO2 in the Atmosphere Via Global Temperature Changes
  Author(s): Masaharu Nishioka*
  
  A good correlation was found between the CO2 growth rate (ppm/year) and satellite-based global temperature, as shown in Figure 1 (see Introduction) in our recent paper. Then, the following equation was reasonably derived: drco2 /dt �?? γ ΔT (rco2 : CO2 concentration, γ: constant, ΔT: temperature change) It was confirmed that the CO2 growth rate follows temperature changes with a time lag. This essential equation casts strong doubts that anthropogenic CO2 is the cause of global warming, although the concept of global warming due to anthropogenic CO2 has been proposed by the IPCC. Our previous papers suggested that temperature changes affect plant decomposition and soil respiration, followed by a change in CO2 generation. The higher the temperature is, the more CO2 is generated. In this paper, the effects of plant decomposition and soil respiration on.. Read More»
  

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