blog.wired.com - 1/23/2009
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North America's trees are dying at faster and faster rates, and the most likely culprit is climate change, according to a study in Science . The combination of drought stress and insect attacks has even pristine old-growth forests suffering. Losing old trees could release more CO2 into the atmosphere, causing further warming.
news.bbc.co.uk - 1/23/2009
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BBC: Old growth trees in western parts of
the US are probably being killed as a result...
of regional changes to the climate, a study has suggested. Analysis of undisturbed forests showed that the trees' mortality rate had doubled since 1955, researchers ...
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Climate shift 'killing US trees'
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Seed's Daily Zeitgeist: 1/22/2009
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Conservatives lose first evolution vote In another setback to the creationist cause a court in Texas defeated a movement that sought to include the supposed "weaknesses" of evolution in textbooks.
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