Tree With 45 Million Year Fossil History Shows Effects Of Ancient Climate Change
Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 23:07
in Earth & Climate
A "living fossil" tree species is helping a University of Michigan researcher understand how tropical forests responded to past climate change and how they may react to global warming in the future, according to research in the November issue of Evolution. read more
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