Coolest Science Story: Gluttonous Trees

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Trees have long been known to buffer humans from the worst effects of climate change by pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Now research from The Ohio State University shows just how much forests have been bulking up on that excess carbon.

The study finds that elevated carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have increased wood volume – or the biomass – of forests in the United States. Findings showed that elevated carbon levels consistently led to an increase of wood volume in 10 different temperate forest groups across the country. This suggests that trees are helping to shield Earth’s ecosystem from the impacts of global warming through their rapid growth.

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