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Increasingly severe disturbances weaken world's temperate forests
2015-08-28 15:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Physorg: Longer, more severe, and hotter droughts and a myriad of other threats, including diseases and more extensive and severe wildfires, are threatening to transform some of the world's temperate forests, a new study published in Science has found. Without informed management, some forests could convert to shrublands or grasslands within the coming decades. "While we have been trying to manage for resilience of 20th century conditions, we realize now that we must prepare for transformations and attempt...
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