Old Age Trumps Youth
As we get older, we like to think of all the ways our advanced years are an advantage. Apparently, older age is an advantage for trees adapting to climate change. In a recent article in the publication Anthropocene, a magazine published by Future Earth, “When Trees Face Drought and Climate Change, Old Age Trumps Youth,” research of tree rings from 22,000 old growth trees throughout the world show they absorb more carbon than younger trees. Forest ecologist Tsun Fung Au, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Michigan, helped lead the research because decline in tree growth during a drought can have major impacts on regional carbon storage.
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