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Ancient forests took 100,000 years to recover from warming event

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Forests took over 100,000 years to recover from a significant warming event 56 million years ago, according to a new study published in Science. During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, global temperatures rose by up to 6 degrees Celsius, causing forests, particularly in Wyoming, to lose 60% of their canopy. Researchers used fossilized leaf cuticles to reconstruct ancient forest density, finding that human-caused carbon emissions are occurring approximately 10 times faster than during this natural warming period. AI

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Ancient forests took 100,000 years to recover from warming event

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Regan E. Dunn, The Conversation ·

    Earth’s forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last climate shock — this one is moving 10 times faster

    Tree fossils that are 56 million years old are trying to tell us something about how long forests take to bounce back from extreme heat.

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