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Trees across the Amazon rainforest are growing larger in response to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to a major new study. The research, published in the Nature Plants ...

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Trees in the Amazon forest have gotten bigger over recent years, according to scientists. A new study suggests that, on average, trees are increasing in size by more than 3% every ten years.

The woody biomass of Australia’s tropical rainforests has already switched from carbon sink to carbon source – and the reason is climate change.

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