Researchers grow cyberforests to predict climate change

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 21:50 in Earth & Climate

The first computer simulation that grows realistic forests down to the branches, leaves and roots of individual trees has been developed by scientists. They are using the simulation to determine how drought, warmer weather, more frequent wildfires and other climate-related changes will affect forests across North America.

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