Monday, September 24, 2007

Amazon Forest Unexpectedly Resilient to Drought

"Instead of 'hunkering down' during a drought as you might expect, the forest responded positively to drought, at least in the short term," said study author Scott R. Saleska, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University Of Arizona. "It's a very interesting and surprising response."

(Via The Anomalist.)


See? I'm not always doom and gloom when it comes to climate change.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Yes, thank gopod for small genetically-related miracles.

OTOH, the Amazon is amazingly non-resilient to clearing by fire for ongoing expansion of South American corporate farming, which is by far the greater threat.