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Forests And

Climate
Change :
Adapt Or
Struggle
CLIMATE CHANGE COULD BE GOOD NEWS
FOR PLANTS DUE TO INCREASED
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE, WHICH
ENCOURAGES PHOTOSYNTHISIS. BUT IT
COULD ALSO LEAD TO HIGHER
TEMPERATURES AND DRIED-OUT SOIL—
CONDITIONS THAT HINDER PLANT
GROWTH. THE DEGREE TO WHICH
CLIMATE CHANGE HELPS OR HURTS
PLANTS DEPENDS IN PART ON WHETHER
FORESTS CAN ACCLIMATE TO SHIFTING
CONDITIONS. RESEARCHERS FOCUSED
ARE REGIONALLY ABUNDANT TYPES SUCH
AS BIRCH, SPRUCE, ASPEN, POPLAR, AND
PINE. IN SOME OF THE SIMULATIONS, THE
TEAM ENABLED FORESTS TOO
ACCLIMATE TO CLIMATE CHANGE BY
BALANCING THEIR DENSITY AND TREE
GROWTH WITH THE CONSTRAINTS OF
REDUCED WATER AND INCREASED HEAT.
IN OTHER SCENARIOS, THESE
CHARACTERISTICS REMAINED THE SAME,

1
REPRESENTING AN INABILITY TO ADAPT
TO A SHIFTING CLIMATE.

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