Friday, December 28, 2012

United Kingdom: Forest Canopy Color Reveals CO2 Uptake

Scientific American: When autumn rolls around, the leaf peepers come out in force. Armed with digital cameras, they record the most spectacular displays of fall foliage. Well according to a study in the journal Functional Ecology [Toshie Mizunuma et al, The relationship between carbon dioxide uptake and canopy colour from two camera systems in a deciduous forest in southern England], those images may be more than just pretty pictures. They may represent a new way to monitor climate change. Trees take carbon dioxide,...

URL: http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=forest-canopy-color-reveals-co2-upt-12-12-28
Enclosure: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12026/abstract

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