The Stomata Lab. What the past can tell us about our future - using fossil and modern plants to model atmospheric carbon dioxide

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Wesley, G., K. Livernoche, S. McNamara, W. Gretes, Allison Bell, K. Newtoff, J. Leips, R. Barclay, and H. Killen. “The Stomata Lab. What the Past Can Tell Us about Our Future - Using Fossil and Modern Plants to Model Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide,” 02 Nov 2023 . https://doi.org/10.25334/WSN0-WS30.

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This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.
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Students will develop a mathematical model of the relationship between atmospheric CO2 and the number of stomata on a leaf (Stomata Index). They will evaluate the model graphically, statistically, and biologically, and then use it to estimate CO2 levels in the distant past.