December 10, 2013 by Jannick H. Schmidt
Interesting new article in Nature shows that trees continue to grow and sequester carbon as they mature. Based on a comprehensive study of 403 tree species and more than 600.000 individual trees from all over the world the scientists question the time-honoured paradigm that old trees grow less than the younger trees. They find that old trees “put on more weight” as they mature – i.e. the productivity at the level of the individual tree is shown to grow with…
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