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Researchers find mushrooms may hold clues to effect of carbon dioxide on lawns
April 11, 2017
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Since the Industrial Revolution, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has rapidly increased. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire set out to determine how rising carbon dioxide concentrations and different climates may alter vegetation such as forests, croplands and 40 million acres of American lawns. They found that the clues may lie in an unexpected source, mushrooms.Full StorySource
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