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Originally Posted by HydrogenBond
The warmer temperatures and the higher supply of rain water, then means that the plants will see a longer growing season and will be able to cover a larger percent of the earth's land. Plants help to fix water, so it can not evaporate as easily. Beside more fresh water, global warming by stimulating plant growth, will create more food. The fear of global warming is for the short term inconvenience, not the longer term benefits.
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Not really true, as far as food goes. Warming shifts the ideal growing latitude away from the equator, where much of the land is not suitable for farming (no topsoil). Less food, not more.
-Will
