Higher carbon dioxide may give pines competitive edge
Monday, August 3, 2009 - 13:49
in Earth & Climate
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Pine trees grown for 12 years in air one-and-a-half times richer in carbon dioxide than today's levels produced twice as many seeds of at least as good a quality as those growing under normal conditions, a Duke University-led research team reported Monday (Aug. 3) at a national ecology conference.
