Article 541JG Climate crisis is making world’s forests shorter and younger – study

Climate crisis is making world’s forests shorter and younger – study

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Damian Carrington Environment editor
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Rising temperatures, natural disasters and deforestation taking heavy toll, say scientists

Climate breakdown and the mass felling of trees has made the world's forests significantly shorter and younger overall, an analysis shows.

The trend is expected to continue, scientists say, with worrying consequences for the ability of forests to store carbon and mitigate the climate emergency and for the endangered wildlife that depends on rich, ancient forests.

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