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Climate change pushing tropical trees upslope 'exactly as predicted'

2013-09-27 18:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Tropical tree communities are moving up mountainsides to cooler habitats as temperatures rise, a new study in Global Change Biology has found. By examining the tree species present in ten one-hectare plots at various intervals over a decade, researchers found that the proportion of lowland species increased in the plots at higher elevations. The study, which was undertaken in Volcan Barva, Costa Rica, adds to a growing body of evidence that climate change is having an impact on species range distributions....

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Republican solution to wildfires: Sell the trees!

2013-09-24 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: House Republicans have a cunning plan for tackling the wildfires that have been ravaging the American West this fire season: They want to allow loggers to haul away the trees before they burn. No forests means no forest fires, see? The Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act was approved mostly along party lines by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Friday. The bill would more than double logging nationwide and turn some forestlands into pasturelands. But...

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