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Global heating has caused ‘shocking’ changes in forests across the Americas, studies find

The Guardian · Oliver Milman · last updated

Forests from the Arctic to the Amazon are transforming at a “shocking” rate due to the climate crisis, with trees advancing into previously barren tundra in the north while dying off from escalating heat farther south, scientists have found.

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