{"id":523257,"date":"2010-04-11T07:06:35","date_gmt":"2010-04-11T11:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/climaterealists.com\/index.php?id=5516"},"modified":"2010-04-11T07:06:35","modified_gmt":"2010-04-11T11:06:35","slug":"%e2%80%98why-are-u-s-trees-growing-faster%e2%80%98-by-dennis-t-avery-americandaily-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/523257","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Why are U.S. Trees Growing Faster?\u2018 by Dennis T. Avery, AmericanDaily.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/climaterealists.com\/index.php?tid=8\" title=\"click to view more articles tagged &quot;Dennis T. Avery&quot;\">Dennis T. Avery<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  CHURCHVILLE, VA &#8211; Trees in the U.S. are growing 2-4 times as fast as their long-term norm. The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center at Edgewood MD says it is because of global warming, according to a recent press release. Don\u2019t bet on that.<\/p>\n<p>Smithsonian researchers measured a series of forest plots at different stages of growth from 5 to 225 years of age. They found that more than 90 percent of the trees grew 2-4 times faster over the past 20 years than predicted from baseline growth rates.  <\/p>\n<p>Helpfully, lead author Geoffrey Parker tells us that there are three main possibilities why the trees might be growing faster: <\/p>\n<p>A)  the official temperatures in the region have increased about 0.3 degree C over the past 20 years;<\/p>\n<p>B)    There\u2019s been a small expansion of the growing season; and<\/p>\n<p>C)  CO2 levels have risen about 12 percent over two decades. <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Parker seems to have chosen A), higher temperatures, as the correct answer. But do facts support the choice?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSource: americandaily.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/climaterealists.com\/index.php?id=5516\">Read in full with comments \u00bb<\/a>  &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/_eG-OSMRsh4x4JKCNcbe-r9HOZM\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/_eG-OSMRsh4x4JKCNcbe-r9HOZM\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/_eG-OSMRsh4x4JKCNcbe-r9HOZM\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/_eG-OSMRsh4x4JKCNcbe-r9HOZM\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/ClimaterealistsNewsBlog\/~4\/C3UbsVrgNgQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article Tags: Dennis T. Avery CHURCHVILLE, VA &#8211; Trees in the U.S. are growing 2-4 times as fast as their long-term norm. The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center at Edgewood MD says it is because of global warming, according to a recent press release. Don\u2019t bet on that. Smithsonian researchers measured a series of forest plots [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-523257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}