Alaska Dispatch: A new study suggests the shift in Arctic vegetation due to climate change is underestimated. The studys lead author used a new method of computer analysis and determined tree and shrub cover in the far north, including woody shrubs in Alaska, will spread faster than previously expected.
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Richard Pearson, a research scientist at the American Museum of...