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Pollution is impairing the growth of trees in Siberia and the Arctic – ZME Science
That can’t be good.
Industrial pollution in the Arctic is way worse than we’ve assumed, according to a new paper, and it’s affecting the life of trees.
Norilsk, Russia. Image credits Flickr / Ninara.
The findings are based on the analysis of tree-rings and wood chemistry around the city of Norilsk in the Russian Arctic. According to the authors, ecosystems in this region have been “devastated” by decades of nickel and copper mining, and the effects extend far enough to disrupt the global carbon cycle. They also e…
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