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How Are Trees Reacting To Climate Change?

Trees and climate change: Faster growth, lighter wood. Trees are growing more rapidly due to climate change. This sounds like good news. After all, this means that trees are storing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in their wood and hence taking away the key ingredient in global warming. But is it that simple? A team analyzed wood samples from the oldest existing experimental areas spanning a period of 150 years -- and reached a surprising conclusion. Source 9p.

Change Climate Reacting Trees How

Using less trees could also help the planet. We know how to manipulate other materials like steel, glass and concrete. We should not need to use wood.