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Trees may store less carbon than expected in the future

  • June 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Trees may store less carbon than expected in the future
It's intuitive to think that if a tree is photosynthesizing, it's also growing. But that's not necessarily so—and a new study of oak trees, published in the journal Science Advances, found that even as they photosynthesize late into the year, their growth stops by midsummer.

Originally published at Phys.org

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