Article alert: Forests are growing faster, climate change appears to driving accelerated growth
08.03.2010 |
by: Ulla Vänttinen
28.2.2010, Goforwood.info (FR)
Speed is not a word typically associated with trees; they can take centuries to grow. However, a new study to be published the week of Feb. 1 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found evidence that forests in the Eastern United States are growing faster than they have in the past 225 years. The study offers a rare look at how an ecosystem is responding to climate change.
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