Warming means more forests toppled by windstorms

Friday, April 12, 2013 - 17:00 in Biology & Nature

By Larry O'HanlonDiscovery NewsClimate change could likely lead to more wind-fallen trees and damaged forests, say researchers studying how forests grow, mature then fall apart in big wind storms. The connections to climate change are easy to miss, however, because trees often live longer than humans.“When you think like an ecologist and you realize that the lifespan of trees are multiples of huma...    

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