As climate warms, won't there be more trees higher on the mountain sides?
Dr. Trudy Kavanagh has found that not all areas are greening-up at the same rate.
Some places are too rocky to support trees while other locations have lots of
seedlings that are just too small to be seen from a distance. |
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Where is timberline changing the fastest?
From a distance the recent changes taking place at timberline are hard to see.
South-facing slopes receive more direct solar radiation so it is on these warmer
slopes that we should expect to see the biggest changes in timberline. |
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