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Trees are Getting Shorter and Younger - Gizmodo

Trees are Getting Shorter and Younger - Gizmodo

Trees are Getting Shorter and Younger - Gizmodo
May 29, 2020 46 secs

This means that forests have less capacity to remove carbon from the atmosphere and are less hospitable to the many species that rely on them for shelter.

They found that over that 115 year period, the world has lost 14 percent of its forests to tree harvesting alone.

That includes 30 percent of old growth forests, which are home to trees more than 140 years old and are generally tall and biodiverse.

The study doesn’t account for other environmental stressors on trees, such as increased carbon dioxide fertilization due to higher carbon emissions, and more frequent and severe climate-related disruptions such as insect infestations, wildfires, and droughts.

Old growth forests tend to be highly biodiverse and are home to more endangered species.

They also store massive amounts of carbon dioxide.

“Small trees don’t store much carbon.

Young forests that replace them are in turn more susceptible to forest fires, which unleash more carbon into the atmosphere.

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