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Warming climate may flip the script on the amount of CO2 released by trees, new study finds

Tropical rainforest, Queensland (photo credit: Daniel Falster) New research reveals the amount of carbon dioxide released by trees into the atmosphere under a warming climate could be considerably less than currently predicted. Published in the prestigious journal Science (opens in a new window) today, the new findings are from an international research team that includes Chief Scientist at Western Sydney University’s Hawkesbury Institute of the Environment, Distinguished Professor Ian Wright.

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