Scientists altered the air around a Wisconsin forest for 11 years; extra CO₂ drove 39% more productivity, but ozone reversed part of the gain
- Representative Image (AI-generated)What happens when young forest communities spend more than a decade growing in air with unusually high levels of carbon dioxide and ozone?
- Scientists in Wisconsin set out to find the answer by changing the atmosphere around these communities and tracking how the trees responded over 11 years.
- The experiment, known as Aspen-FACE, was conducted in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and exposed forest plots to elevated carbon dioxide (CO₂), elevated ozone (O₃), or both.
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- Representative Image (AI-generated)What happens when young forest communities spend more than a decade growing in air with unusually high levels of carbon dioxide and ozone?
- Scientists in Wisconsin set out to find the answer by changing the atmosphere around these communities and tracking how the trees responded over 11 years.
- The experiment, known as Aspen-FACE, was conducted in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and exposed forest plots to elevated carbon dioxide (CO₂), elevated ozone (O₃), or both.
Sources: Times of India