Study Suggests Plants Could , Play an Even Bigger Role , in Fighting Climate Change.br 'Newsweek' reports that research suggests br plants may be even better at removing carbon dioxide br from the atmosphere than previously believed. .br A new paper in the journal br 'Science Advances' highlights the importance br of conserving plant life on Earth.br Plants take up a substantial amount of br carbon dioxide (CO2) every year, thereby br slowing down the detrimental effects br of climate change, but the extent to br which they will continue this CO2 uptake br into the future has been uncertain, Jürgen Knauer, environmental modeling researcher at Western br Sydney University and co-author of the paper, via 'Newsweek'.br What we found is that a well-established br climate model that is used to feed into global br climate assessments by the likes of the IPCC br predicts stronger and sustained carbon br uptake until the end of the 21st century when br extended to account for the impact of some br critical physiological processes that govern br how plants conduct photosynthesis, Jürgen Knauer, environmental modeling researcher at Western br Sydney University and co-author of the paper, via 'Newsweek'.br What we found is that a well-established br climate model that is used to feed into global br climate assessments by the likes of the IPCC br predicts stronger and sustained carbon br uptake until the end of the 21st century when br extended to account for the impact of some br critical physiological processes that govern br how plants conduct photosynthesis, Jürgen Knauer, environmental modeling researcher at Western br Sydney University and co-author of the paper, via 'Newsweek'.br The authors of the study modeled how plants would absorb br CO2 in a high-emission scenario, while accounting for br different levels of plant physiological processes. .br The authors of the study modeled how plants would absorb br CO2 in a high-emission scenario, while accounting for br different levels of plant physiological processes. .br We often think about climate models br as being all about physics, but biology br plays a huge role and it is something br that we really need to account for, Silvia Caldararu, assistant professor in climate br science at Trinity College Dublin, via 'Newsweek'.br These kinds of predictions have implications br for nature-based solutions to climate change br such as reforestation and afforestation and br how much carbon such initiatives can take up. , Silvia Caldararu, assistant professor in climate br science at Trinity College Dublin, via 'Newsweek'.br These kinds of predictions have implications br for nature-based solutions to climate change br such as reforestation and afforestation and br how much carbon such initiatives can take up. , Silvia Caldararu, assistant professor in climate br science at Trinity College Dublin, via 'Newsweek'.br Our findings suggest these approaches br could have a larger impact in mitigating br climate change and over a longer br time period than we thought, Silvia Caldararu, assistant professor in climate br science at Trinity College Dublin, via 'Newsweek'.br 'Newsweek' reports that the authors of the study stress br the importance of current efforts to mitigate CO2 br emissions and curb the impact of climate change.