Not exact matches
Hawaii possesses a magical allure, its volcanic islands
rising triumphantly from the ocean, each ringed
in colorful beaches and bestowed with lush
tropical rainforests, gushing mountain rivers, a beautiful native population and surfing spots that would be mythical if they weren't real.
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..
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.
There is a refreshingly excellent article on Mongabay.com, quoting scientists who specialize
in tropical forests, countering a recent study's disinterpretation as meaning that CO2
rise will result
in more
tropical rainforests.