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| CJ | Aug 29 2013, 01:54 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130828092258.htm ![]() Scientists expect the future climate to become warmer, and that this will apply to the Arctic in particular. Here the temperature is expected to increase considerably more than the average on Earth, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change average scenario (A1B) What will this mean for Greenland? A very significant change will be the emergence of forests, where there are currently only four species of trees and large bushes indigenous to Greenland -- and they only grow in small areas in the south. An international research group including Professor of Biology Jens-Christian Svenning, Aarhus University, has analysed which species will be able to grow in the climate expected in Greenland in 2100. The analysis shows that a majority of 44 relevant species of North American and European trees and bushes will be able to grow in Greenland in the future. It'll certainly be interesting to see what happens if forests do emerge. It'd definitely have a transformative effect on Greenland, in pretty much all respects - maybe a lot more people would start moving and working there? |
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