Posted by: Sandy Steinman | June 9, 2019

Climate Change is Giving Old Trees a Growth Spurt

ScienceDaily  reports

Larch trees in the permafrost forests of northeastern China — the northernmost tree species on Earth — are growing faster as a result of climate change. A new study of growth rings from Dahurian larch in China’s northern forests finds the hardy trees grew more from 2005 to 2014 than in the preceding 40 years.

Read story at Climate change is giving old trees a growth spurt — ScienceDaily


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