Surface-level ozone pollution set to reduce tree growth 10 percent by 2100
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - 12:15
in Earth & Climate
Modern day concentrations of ground level ozone pollution are decreasing the growth of trees in the northern and temperate mid-latitudes, as shown in a paper publishing today in Global Change Biology. Tree growth, measured in biomass, is already 7% less than the late 1800s, and this is set to increase to a 17% reduction by the end of the century.
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