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the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been increasing for many years, how might this increase affect photosynthesis

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Carbon dioxide concentrations are rising mostly because of the fossil fuels that people are burning for energy.Increasing the light intensity increases the rate of photosynthesis, until some other factor a limiting factor becomes in short supply. At very high light intensities,photosynthesis is slowed and then inhibited, but these light intensities do not occur in nature.

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