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"In recent years, the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s northeast coast has
seen multiple events of mass coral bleaching as human-caused global warming has
driven sustained high temperatures in the ocean.
Alongside the Coral Sea is another spectacular natural wonder: the rainforests
of the World Heritage-listed wet tropics of Queensland.
It turns out the same climate change forces contributing to coral bleaching
have also taken a toll on the trees that inhabit these majestic tropical
rainforests.
In new research, we and our co-authors found that mortality rates among these
trees have doubled since the mid 1980s, most likely due to warmer air with
greater drying power. Like coral reefs, these trees provide essential
structure, energy and nutrients to their diverse and celebrated ecosystems."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
