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Leaf sensor for CO2 in deep time

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How long have CO2 and climate been linked? At least 300 million years, according to the results of a neat technique that exploits the relationship between concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere and pores in leaves.

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Figure 1: A fossil Ginkgo leaf.

JIM FRAZIER/MARY E. WHITE

Figure 2: Levels of CO2 in the atmosphere (bottom) and temperature trends over the past 300 million years.

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Kürschner, W. Leaf sensor for CO2 in deep time. Nature 411, 247–248 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35077181

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