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Snowpack declines may stunt tree growth and forests' ability to store carbon emissions
- December 02, 2018
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Researchers conducting a 5-year-long study examining snow cover in a northern hardwood forest region found that projected changes in climate could lead to a 95 percent reduction of deep-insulating snowpack in forest areas across the northeastern United States by the end of the 21st century. The loss of snowpack would likely result in a steep reduction of forests' ability to store climate-changing carbon dioxide and filter pollutants from the air and water.
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"Snowpack declines may stunt tree growth and forests' ability to store carbon emissions", MachPrinciple, December 02, 2018, https://machprinciple.com/post/Snowpack-declines-may-stunt-tree-growth-and-forests-ability-to-store-carbon-emissions
