A new study has found that the trunks of trees in the Amazon have become thicker in recent decades — an unexpected sign of the rainforest’s resilience in response to record-high levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Why are Amazonian trees getting ‘fatter’?



by silence7

2 comments
  1. So the trees are…growing. That’s good. (I didn’t read the article.)

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    so when the rest of the amazon burns due to drought and mismanagement, it will re-release even *more* carbon into the atmosphere?

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