Old trees may handle climate extremes better
Preserving old-growth trees, which can handle drought better than young ones, may provide a buffer against future climate change.
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Preserving old-growth trees, which can handle drought better than young ones, may provide a buffer against future climate change.
Tree rings from 22,000 trees around the world reveal that old-growth trees keep growing and sucking up carbon more than younger trees during a drought.
Scientists found a way to combat climate change and the answer lies in the 20,000 trees found on 5 continents.
A study of over 20,000 trees spanning 5 continents has found that old growth trees are more drought resistant, but young ones have advantages too.
A new analysis of more than 20,000 trees on five continents shows that old-growth trees are more drought tolerant than younger trees in the forest canopy and may be better able to withstand future climate extremes.