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I’ll just leave this here…
https://www.noaa.gov/news/study-global-plant-growth-surging-alongside-carbon-dioxide
Without context this link is just bad. Plant growth will not reduce CO2 levels because biosphere is temporary store or carbon (since it is a part of the carbon cycle)
We are putting carbon (into the atmosphere) that was previously buried. So putting a tiny bit of it back into plants doesn't help because: