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Study shows climate change is moving tree populations away from the soil fungi that sustain them
As our planet warms, many species are shifting to different locations as their historical habitats become inhospitable. Trees are no exception, but their shift to new areas has been lagging behind...
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SEAS Associate Professor Kai Zhu: How climate change affects forest and grassland ecosystems
“I can’t tell you how trees sing or cry,” Associate Professor Kai Zhu told the audience during the recent University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) Faculty Seminar Series...
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Climate change threatens global forest carbon sequestration, study finds
Climate change is reshaping forests differently across the United States, according to a new analysis of U.S. Forest Service data. With rising temperatures, escalating droughts, wildfires and disease...
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Diverse forests hold huge carbon-storage potential, as long as we cut emissions, study shows
Contact: Jim Erickson A new study, published today in the journal Nature, suggests that global forest carbon storage has the potential to make a meaningful contribution to slowing climate change...
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U-M-led study investigates lions' interactions with humans in a diminishing habitat
A new University of Michigan study highlights the combined impacts of human activity and climate change on lion populations. Lions tend to avoid human-dominated areas unless they are facing food...
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Drier savannas, grasslands store more climate-buffering carbon than previously believed
Savannas and grasslands in drier climates around the world store more heat-trapping carbon than scientists thought they did and are helping to slow the rate of climate warming, according to a new...