Carbon & Plants, Healthy Walking, Self Esteem in Kids

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🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Today, you’ll learn about a new twist with carbon and plants, some good news for all you walkers out there, and a new study on kids and self-esteem.

Carbon & Plants

“For Decades, Our Carbon Emissions Sped the Growth of Plants - Not Anymore.” YaleEnvironment360. 2023.
“CO2 is making Earth greener - for now.” by Samson Reiny. 2016.
“Climate Change: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide.” by Rebecca Lindsey. 2023.
“Global water use efficiency saturation due to increased vapor pressure deficit.” by Fei Li, et al. 2023.
“As Carbon Dioxide Grows More Abundant, Trees Are Growing Bigger, Study Finds.” E360 Digest. 2022.

Healthy Walking

“World’s largest study shows the more you walk, the lower your risk of death, even if you walk fewer than 5,000 steps.” European Society of Cardiology. 2023.
“Top 5 Negative Side Effects of a Sedentary Lifestyle.” USA Vein Clinics. 2022.
“Sedentary Lifestyle: Overview of Updated Evidence of Potential Health Risks.” by Jung Ha Park, et al. 2020.
“The more you walk, the lower your risk of early death, even if you walk fewer than 5,000 steps.” ScienceDaily. 2023.

Self Esteem in Kids

“Self-Esteem.” by Douglas Heingartner. 2023.
“What I am Like/Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC).” n.a. N.d.
“Children’s domain-specific self-evaluations and global self-worth: A preregistered cross-cultural meta-analysis.” by Yixin Tang, et al. 2023.

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
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0:11.0	I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time
0:14.0	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:17.8	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about a new twist with
0:22.1	carbon and plants. some good news for all you walkers out there,
0:26.4	and a new study on kids and self-esteem.
0:29.4	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity. We are pumping a huge amount of CO2 into the
0:35.5	atmosphere and while that's been rough on the planet there has been at least one
0:39.1	beneficiary. Plants. Well plants, I, they eat CO2 for breakfast, right?
0:44.8	And lunch and dinner and high tea.
0:46.6	That's right.
0:47.6	So as all of our smart listeners already know, plants suck in watering carbon dioxide and
0:51.8	through light energy from the sun they use
0:53.7	photosynthesis to turn it all into energy.
0:56.2	Right, CO2 and water and sun that's like an all you can eat buffet for trees.
1:00.3	I guess plants must be loving this huge increase in CO2, huh?
1:04.0	Yep. Before the Industrial Revolution, there were about 280 parts per million of
1:08.9	carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. That means that for every million particles in our air, 280 of them were
1:14.8	carbon dioxide. Now we're over 400 parts per million, right? Nearing 420. Yikes.
1:21.2	Yeah, so check this out. Since about 1982, researchers have found that plants have added so much leaf cover it could cover the entire continental United States twice.
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