This shocking discovery is connected with sunspots. The more sunspots, the brighter the sun shines. There were hardly any sunspots in the late 1600s, and the weather got really cold. Predictions of global warming count on the air's carbon dioxide doubling in the 21st century. Not even if we keep on burning coal, oil and gas to our heart's content.
Plants eat carbon dioxide.
The more carbon dioxide in the air, the more plants there will be, and the faster they will grow. The faster they grow, the faster they eat carbon dioxide. Once they get up to speed, they eat a lot of carbon dioxide Trees and bushes are the most voracious eaters of carbon dioxide, although grasses like wheat, rice and corn aren't bad either. In recent years, and despite tree huggers' fears, trees and bushes have been sneaking up on us. On average, forests have been expanding.