Ecology -- When Air Becomes Wood (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Ecology -- When Air Becomes Wood

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Trees in an Oak Ridge National Laboratory plot and others across the United States were exposed to elevated levels of carbon dioxide. An analysis of four experimental forests shows woody biomass increased 30 percent more over a decade compared to trees in the current atmosphere.

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Jeff Warren/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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