Home › Older trees best at fighting climate change
 

Keywords :   


Older trees best at fighting climate change

2014-01-16 20:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: As humans age, we tend to pass more gas. As trees age, they tend to suck more of it up. A new paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature has blown away old misconceptions about the roles that the most mature trees in forests play in combating climate change. It has long been believed that younger trees are better than their older neighbors at absorbing carbon dioxide. But the new research suggests that the opposite is true. It turns out that big trees just keep on growing, at fast rates,...

Tags: change older trees fighting

Category:Electronics and Electrical

Latest from this category

All news
»
03.07Hurricane Beryl Graphics
03.07Hurricane Beryl Public Advisory Number 18A
03.07Summary for Hurricane Beryl (AT2/AL022024)
03.07Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
03.07Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
03.07Benefits of benchmarking in the pork industry
03.07Hurricane Beryl Graphics
03.07Hurricane Beryl Forecast Discussion Number 18
More »