The Hotter It Gets, The More Forests Act As Thermal Insulators (IMAGE)

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The Hotter It Gets, The More Forests Act As Thermal Insulators

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(Left) Illustration of the microclimate buffer and the separation between the microclimate under a tree canopy and macroclimate outside the forest understory. (Right) Vertical cross section of forest cover (Compiègne state forest) made within a LiDAR point cloud. The upper and lower curves indicate the temperature above and below the forest canopy, respectively: the denser the forest cover and the more confined the topography, the cooler the forest microclimate below the canopy during summer. Plant cover and topography play a role in forests' ability to insulate.

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© Lenoir et al./ONF/CNRS : https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.02788

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