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Tree growth accelerates w/ age

2014-01-15 19:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Old, large trees may be even more important ecologically than long-believed, according to a new study in Nature. Looking at over half a million individual trees from over 400 species (both tropical and temperate), scientists have determined that most trees actually grow faster in their dotage than in their youth. "In human terms, it is as if our growth just keeps accelerating after adolescence, instead of slowing down," explains lead author Nate Stephenson with U.S. Geological Survey Western Ecological...

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