Tropical forests nearing critical temperatures thresholds
"You heat the air by two to three degrees and the actual upper temperature of these leaves goes up by eight degrees," lead author Christopher Doughty of Northern Arizona University told journalists.
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Increased fragmentation of the forests from deforestation has also been shown to make the remaining forest areas warmer. (AFP)
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PARIS - Global warming is driving leafy tropical canopies close to temperatures where they can no longer transform sunlight and CO2 into energy, threatening