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Pumped Up on Carbon Dioxide, Vines Strengthen Their Grip
By Elizabeth Williamson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 15, 2006; Page A01
Vines -- poison ivy, Japanese honeysuckle, kudzu -- snake through the back yard, girdling trees and strangling shrubs, thriving, scientists say, on the same pollution they blame for global warming.
From backyard gardens to the Amazon rain forest, vines are growing faster, stronger and, in the case of poison ivy, more poisonous on the heavy doses of carbon dioxide that come from burning such fossil fuels as gasoline and coal.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/14/AR2006071401793.html
By Elizabeth Williamson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 15, 2006; Page A01
Vines -- poison ivy, Japanese honeysuckle, kudzu -- snake through the back yard, girdling trees and strangling shrubs, thriving, scientists say, on the same pollution they blame for global warming.
From backyard gardens to the Amazon rain forest, vines are growing faster, stronger and, in the case of poison ivy, more poisonous on the heavy doses of carbon dioxide that come from burning such fossil fuels as gasoline and coal.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/14/AR2006071401793.html