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Climbing plants disturb carbon storage in tropical forests
2015-10-13 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Scientists have discovered that climbing vines are upsetting the carbon balance of tropical forests by crowding out and killing trees. Rainforests play a vital role in the global carbon cycle. We depend on the trees found in these tropical areas to take up some of the carbon dioxide that we are emitting, so not all of our emissions end up in the atmosphere. In a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and led by Dr Geertje van …
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