More CO2 won't help northern forests or stave off climate change
- Written by Noah Charney, Postdoctoral Research Associate of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
Higher carbon dioxide levels will not result in faster-growing forests -- just the opposite in many places, study finds. rosskevin756/flickr, CC BY-NC-SAWe’ve heard the predictions of how greenhouse gas emissions will drive changes in the temperatures and precipitation people experience. But how these changes affect the world’s forests...
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