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"Trees do not always act their age" - Improved methodology to estimate tree growth
Forests provide a habitat for many species and forests also store a large amount of carbon. This means that healthy forests can slow down climate change by taking up and storing some of the excess carbon dioxide we pump into the atmosphere. It is therefore really important to understand how forests respond to climate change. Do forests grow better and healthier with the changing climate or do forests suffer under climate change? Past research into that topic has been somewhat inconclusive.