Amazon rainforest trees are getting bigger due to climate crisis, study finds
According to a new study, trees in the Amazon rainforest grow in response to carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.
Research, NATURAL PLANTS Journal found that the average tree size in Amazon has increased by 3.2 percent in the last 30 years.
Scientists say tendency, higher CO2 concentrations that can increase plant growth are consistent with fertilization effect.
The findings come from Rainfor Network, an international partnership of more than 60 universities, including Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds universities. Approximately 100 scientists followed the trees on 188 permanent forest lands to create a long -term data set.
Professor Beatriz Marimon, Brazil, Universidade Do Mato Grosso, South Amazonia, coordinating most of the collection of data collecting the following said: “This is a good news story. We heard how climate change and disintegration threatened the Amazon forests regularly.
It has been found that both large and smaller trees have increased in size by pointing to a common response to higher carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.
Dr Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert, the co-author of the University of Cambridge and the articles of the article, emphasized the vital role of rainforests in the fight against climate change.
He said: “This year, in front of the COP30 in Brazil, these results emphasize how important tropical rain forests are in our efforts to reduce human -made climate change.
“Large trees are largely useful to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, and this study is still there, despite concerns that climate change can adversely affect the trees in Amazon and weaken the carbon sink effect, CO2’s impact on encouraging growth.
However, the researchers warned that the visible benefits of CO2 should not hide the damage caused by the forest.
Dr Rebecca Banbury Morgan from the University of Bristol and also a common leader, said, “Our article also emphasizes how destructive Amazon is actually a destructive. Large tropical trees are hundreds of years old. We cannot sew new trees and expect the old, natural forest to give something like the benefits of carbon or biodiversite.
Professor Tim Baker, a university of Leeds and a joint senior writer, added: ız We knew that the total amount of carbon stored in the trees of the unspoiled Amazon forests increased. What this new study shows that all the trees of the tree grew in the same period – all forest changed. ”
