Young trees may be adapting to less-abundant rainfall, researchers suggest

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Jan 11, 2025, 12:40 pm1.1k ptsInteresting
What does the future hold for forests in a warmer, drier world? Over the past 25 years, trees have been dying due to effects of climate change around the world. In Africa, Asia, North America, South America and Europe, drought stress amplified by heat is killing trees that have survived for centuries.

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