For a long period, ecologists supposed tree rings were not present in tropical trees due to a lack of temperature and rain variations in the trees' surroundings.
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Increased heat and drought stunt tropical trees, major carbon sink miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UArizona researchers were leaders in a world-wide effort to understand topical trees and their futures under climate change. They found that heat and drought slow the growth of tropical trees, a major absorber of carbon dioxide.