#史密森尼环境研究中心# Smithsonian Environmental Research Center与#牛津大学# Oxford University发表在《自然》杂志 #Nature# 上的一项长期国际研究的结果称,自1980年代以来,澳大利亚热带雨林中的热带树木的死亡率是以前的两倍,这似乎是受到了气候的影响。 这项研究发现,由于全球变暖增加了大气的干燥能力,热带树木的死亡率在过去35年中翻了一番。原文: http://t.cn/A6XXzWsG
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Northeast Australia’s relict tropical rainforests, one of the oldest and most isolated rainforests in the world. Tree death rates have markedly increased across species in northeast Australia's tropical rainforests, threatening the critical climate mitigation and other functions of these ecosystems. Credit: Alexander Schenkin
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