Climate shift ‘killing US trees’

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“Old growth trees in western parts of the US are probably being killed as a result of regional changes to the climate, a study has suggested. Analysis of undisturbed forests showed that the trees’ mortality rate had doubled since 1955, researchers said. They warned that the loss of old growth trees could have implications for the areas’ ecology and for the amount of carbon that the forests could store…”
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