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Importance of Old Growth Forests: Carbon Capture Potential Grows With Age

2014-01-17 17:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: We know that forests are biodiversity-rich, and we know they provide us with essential ecosystem services, such as regulating water flows and influencing weather patterns. One ecosystem service often discussed these days is the role of forests in helping regulate the amount of the greenhouse gas--carbon dioxide (CO2)--in the atmosphere. A new analysis in Nature, one of the top scientific journals, demonstrates that big, mature trees play an important part in this role. Beyond providing essential...

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Montalvo CEO and Co-founder, Margaret B. Montalvo, Passes at Age 93

2014-01-17 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Gorham, ME, USA - Margaret B. Montalvo, CEO of The Montalvo Corporation, International manufacturers and suppliers of web tension control equipment, passed away on January 15, 2014 at the age of 93. She and her husband, Edwin J. Montalvo, Sr., co-founded the company which is headquartered in Gorham, Maine, USA. Edwin J. Montalvo, Sr. passed away in 1985. Margaret Montalvo served as the companies CEO from 1985 until her death.<br /> <br /> Edwin J. Montalvo, Jr. and Margaret M. Denham, Margaret ...

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Tree growth accelerates w/ age

2014-01-15 19:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Old, large trees may be even more important ecologically than long-believed, according to a new study in Nature. Looking at over half a million individual trees from over 400 species (both tropical and temperate), scientists have determined that most trees actually grow faster in their dotage than in their youth. "In human terms, it is as if our growth just keeps accelerating after adolescence, instead of slowing down," explains lead author Nate Stephenson with U.S. Geological Survey Western Ecological...

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