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Climate change may speed up forests' life cycles
2013-09-12 03:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Many climate studies have predicted that tree species will respond to global warming by migrating via seed dispersal to cooler climates. But a new study of 65 different species in 31 eastern states finds evidence of a different, unexpected response. Nearly 80 percent of the species aren't yet shifting their geographic distributions to higher latitudes. Instead, they're staying in place -- but speeding up their life cycles. The Duke University-led study, published online Wednesday in the peer-reviewed...
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Northeast Forests Still Feeling the Effects of Colonial Farming, Study Shows
2013-09-07 18:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: A walk through the woods in the Northeastern United States today reveals the same type of trees the colonial settlers encountered 400 years ago; however, the similarities end there, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE. "If you only looked at a tree species list, you'd have the impression that Northeast forests haven't changed," Jonathan Thompson, research associate at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and lead author of the new study, said in a statement. "But...
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Red Cedar Tree Study Shows That Clean Air Act Is Reducing Pollution, Improving Forests
2013-09-06 05:02:05| pollutiononline News Articles
A collaborative project involving a Kansas State University ecologist has shown that the Clean Air Act has helped forest systems recover from decades of sulfur pollution and acid rain
Are 'novel' tropical forests natures response to global change?
2013-08-22 21:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: We now live in a world dominated by humans (the Anthropocene), whose activities on Earth are resulting in new habitats and new environmental conditions including climate change. To many, the Anthropocene is an era of environmental doom that unless reversed, will result in catastrophic reductions in biodiversity. An alternate view is that the biota will adjust to the new environmental conditions and through processes of species mixing and self-organization will form sustainable novel communities of...
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Coal India Threatens Communities and Forests
2013-08-22 20:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rainforest Action Network: This summer, the RAN energy team has been casting our eyes around the globe and researching the impact that coal mining is having on deforestation. One of the regions that we are most concerned about is in India, where more than 1.1million hectares of forest are threatened by the expansion of open-pit coal mining. Open-pit mining entails clear-felling of forests, with impacts on forest-dependent communities, as well as endangered species such as tigers, leopards and elephants. The vast majority...
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