Science
Climate change is making autumn leaves change colour earlier – here’s why – The Conversation UK
Warmer temperatures cannot increase the amount of carbon deciduous trees absorb in each growing season, a new study suggests.
As the days shorten and temperatures drop in the northern hemisphere, leaves begin to turn. We can enjoy glorious autumnal colours while the leaves are still on the trees and, later, kicking through a red, brown and gold carpet when out walking.
When temperatures rise again in spring, the growing season for trees resumes. Throughout the warmer months, trees take carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in complex molecules, releasing oxygen as a byproduct. This, in a nutshell, is the process…
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