Sentences with phrase «older forests contain»

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«Many old boreal forests tend to be underlain by permafrost soils, which can contain many times more carbon than that stored in the vegetation,» Euskirchen notes.

But as in the case of the forest, one can not conclude that one group of stars is older than another solely because it contains more RR Lyraes.

The satinay (Syncarpia hillii) and brush box (Lephostemon confertus) forest here contains trees more than 1200 years old and greater than four metres across the trunk.

The presence of 11 minerals, scientifically and aesthetically unique speleothems, and a 20 million year old Serenia fossil embedded in the walls of the cave justifies the declaration of the Puerto Princesa Underground River as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.The Park also contains a full mountain to sea ecosystems and protects forests that are important for biodiversity conservation.

Humboldt Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, United States, containing Rockefeller Forest, the world's largest remaining contiguous old - growth forest of coast redForest, the world's largest remaining contiguous old - growth forest of coast redforest of coast redwoods.

We walk to a nearby tidal platform that contains tree stumps from a fossilised forest 180 million years old — it is one of the most extensive fossil forests in the world.

It contains the continent's largest surviving old - growth forests outside Russia, which are home to up to half the continent's brown bears, wolves, and lynx.