{"id":476118,"date":"2010-03-26T09:46:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T13:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthportal.org\/news\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2010-03-26T09:46:19","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T13:46:19","slug":"rapid-increases-in-tree-growth-found-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/476118","title":{"rendered":"Rapid increases in tree growth found in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/03\/100318132500.htm\" >Science Daily:<\/a> Researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and  Earthwatch met in Panama from Mar. 1-5 to present mid-term research  results from the HSBC Climate Partnership, a five-year initiative to  identify and respond to the impacts of climate change. The program is  supported financially by HSBC and involves a global team of bank  employees &#8212; &#8216;climate champions&#8217; &#8212; in vital forest research.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/images\/2010\/03\/100318132500.jpg\" align=\"left\" width=\"204\" height=\"152\" \/>The first-ever research program of its kind has so far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Found rapid increases in tree growth in the forest around the  Smithsonian&#8217;s Environmental Research Center (SERC) in Maryland, USA, a  finding attributed to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide and longer  growing seasons, published in PNAS.<\/li>\n<li>Proposed a novel biodiversity theory relating stress and  seed-size published in PNAS.<\/li>\n<li>Examined the effects a changing climate in forests is having on  white-tailed deer, mice and even mosquitoes.<\/li>\n<li>Addressed the lack of a reliable method for estimating the  carbon storage capability of secondary forests on a landscape scale by  assessing how measurements from airborne LiDAR and other remote sensing  technologies relate to ground-based measurements.<\/li>\n<li>Reviewed how human disturbance changes the way forests take up  carbon in diverse environments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Researchers working in broadleaf forest plots near Oxford, England,  Atlantic rainforests in Southern Brazil and subtropical forests near  Gutianshan Nature Reserve in China, as well as the SERC site in  Maryland, have been putting HSBC employees to work. At Oxford, for  example, data collected indicates that changes in forest structure have  impacted moth populations.<\/p>\n<p>Stuart Davies, director of the Smithsonian&#8217;s Center for Tropical  Forest Science, says, &#8220;We know that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has  shot up from 280 to 385 parts per million since the 1850&#8217;s as a result  of human activities like the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation.  The degree to which atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to  increase depends, in part, on how trees respond to climate and  atmospheric change &#8212; whether forests end up storing more or less  carbon. This is what the HSBC Climate Partnership research is trying to  establish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/03\/100318132500.htm\" >Read more&gt;&gt; <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthportal.org\/news\/?p=3234&amp;akst_action=share-this\"  title=\"E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_3234\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Share This<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science Daily: Researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Earthwatch met in Panama from Mar. 1-5 to present mid-term research results from the HSBC Climate Partnership, a five-year initiative to identify and respond to the impacts of climate change. 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