Climate change likely to uproot more Amazon trees

ScienceDaily
Jan 17, 2023, 5:06 pm96 pts
Tropical forests are crucial for sucking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But they're also subject to intense storms that can cause 'windthrow' -- the uprooting or breaking of trees. A new study finds that more extreme thunderstorms from climate change will likely cause a greater number of large windthrow…

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