According to
James Conca
in Forbes,
“Our planet’s forests
are adapting to global
warming, as one
would expect.”
Conca goes on
to claim that
a new study
in Science says:
“rising temperatures
and carbon dioxide
have been altering
the world’s forests
through increased
stress and carbon
dioxide fertilization”.
It makes sense
that carbon dioxide
fertilization and
warmth would make
forests grow faster,
and in places where
growth used to be
difficult.
CO2 greening
has improved
agriculture in
marginal areas.
Climate change
is creating saplings
-- new tree growth.
Conca writes that
“Losing larger trees
is a bad thing for us
and lots of other life
on earth.
Because
old growth forests
store more
carbon compared
to younger
smaller forests,
it’s harder to mitigate
the worst effects
of climate change
without them.”
It's true that old trees
have more carbon
stored in them.
But fast-growing
young trees
sequester more
carbon as they grow.
That should have been
highlighted in the
Forbes article.
But it was not.