1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auMaddie Stonehttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/maddiestone-usa/We Are Fertilising The Heck Out Of Our Planet And That's A Bad Thingrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="vc4qLHRchz"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2016/04/we-are-fertilising-the-heck-out-of-our-planet-and-thats-a-bad-thing/">We Are Fertilising The Heck Out Of Our Planet And That’s A Bad Thing</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2016/04/we-are-fertilising-the-heck-out-of-our-planet-and-thats-a-bad-thing/embed/#?secret=vc4qLHRchz" width="600" height="338" title="“We Are Fertilising The Heck Out Of Our Planet And That’s A Bad Thing” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="vc4qLHRchz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/26/bawmgsm0mdoyiwsiibmo.jpg?quality=751291726The world is getting greener. A global analysis of satellite data finds that an area two times the size of the continental US has gone from brown to green over the past thirty years. Human carbon emissions are doing a hell of a job fertilising the planet — but we probably shouldn’t celebrate.