Sentences with phrase «growth in tropical rainforests»

A new study argues that the speed of tree growth in tropical rainforests isn't keeping pace with rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, and so it may be «too optimistic» to expect this buffering effect to keep pace with rising emissions.

Not exact matches

«This process of moving from fast growth in the sun to slow growth in the shade sets up this characteristic size structure that is common across tropical rainforests, despite the differences in their environments,» said Caroline Farrior, first author of the study and who is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis and is soon to be an assistant professor of integrative biology at the University of Texas - Austin.

Just a quick 20 - minute flight from Trinidad, it's small in size but rich in natural resources with pristine beaches, old - growth tropical rainforest and coral reefs that seem custom made for snorkeling.

It is quite strange that this paper seems to review future of tropical rainforest in the face of rising CO2 and rising temperature — unfortunately, it completely lacks to mention change in precipitation, which is just - another - very - important (climate change) metric — and it completely fails to mention modelling work of Peter Cox group — that predicts decline in rain forest productivity and growth due to decline in precipitation..

Dr Simon Lewis of University College London and the University of Leeds, an expert in tropical rainforests, tells us the result might be due to the difficulties in measuring long - term changes in tree growth.