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
RANK_REASON New study published in a scientific journal detailing findings from fossil analysis. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.1]
AI-generated summary · Google Gemini · from 1 sources. How we write summaries →
