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 | Contributor(s): Gina Wesley, Kelly Livernoche, Sean McNamara, William Gretes, Allison Bell, Kiersten Newtoff, Jeff Leips, Richard Barclay, Heather Killen | doi:10.25334/WSN0-WS30
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.