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Forests Are Thinning Around the Globe Due to Changing Environmental Conditions

from SciTechDaily, June 4, 2020

Forests Are Thinning Around the Globe Due to Changing Environmental Conditions SciTechDaily, June 4, 2020 A multi-institutional research team found that changing environmental conditions are affecting forests around the globe, leading to increasing tree death and uncertainty about the ability of forests to recover. Increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, temperature, drought and extreme events such as wildfires are causing more frequent tree mortality and triggering intense competition among saplings for resources. This competition contributes to forest thinning, which limits the amount of carbon captured and held in tree trunks, branches, and roots. READ MORE

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