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Greenhouse gas breeds venomous vines

Mounting carbon dioxide could fuel more poisonous ivy.

Forests could become thick with more toxic forms of poisonous ivy and other noxious vines, thanks to rising levels of carbon dioxide.

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Posted by Helen Pearson on May 30, 2006 02:41 PM |

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I don't think the reference is correct. I cannot find the article at the PNAS site using the reference informatin provided.

[Response: I believe this paper will be published this week online at the PNAS website.

There is typo in the reference: the name of the first author should be Mohan, not Hohan, and we will correct it.

Mohan J.E., et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA , doi:10.1073/pnas.0602392103 (2006).]

Posted by: Jason Woertink | May 30, 2006 07:03 PM

Old news with an alarmist slant? Comments on C4 vs C3 plants and the use of CO2 enriched atmospheres to accelerate plant growth and crop yields, including in commercial viniculture in fields in Italy might have given a bit of useful perspective to this "story".

Posted by: Richard Piccolini | June 1, 2006 04:56 PM

Poison ivy is a handsome vine, and its berries a food source. "Scourge"? "Venemous"? "Make the woods more dangerous"? A little less sensationalism please.

Posted by: Ed Bachmann | June 3, 2006 12:13 AM

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