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Extreme droughts weaken trees' ability to soak up carbon

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imageHigh and dry: a water-stressed forest in the US Southwest.Leander Anderegg, Author provided

There’s a mystery inside trees upon which the fate of coastal cities, threatened by rising sea levels from climate change, may depend. Each year, the Earth’s forests take up about one-quarter of the carbon dioxide emitted by humans, effectively...

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