Climate change is a persistent and growing challenge to plant life on our planet. Changes to the environments that plants are accustomed to affects how they grow.
Climate change is a persistent and growing challenge to plant life on our planet. Changes to the environments that plants are accustomed to affects how they grow.
Plant scientists are left to question how these environmental changes will impact plant life, and whether or not plants can acclimate to the new status quo.
“Human activities are continuing to release an enormous amount of CO2 and it's warming our planet… Plants are just taken along for the journey,” said Luke Gregory, former graduate student in the Walker lab.
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Paper birch trees being grown in the Biotron. These trees were selected for this study because they live in the parts of the planet expected to be hit the hardest by cliamte change. (Photo Credit: Mitchell Zimmer)
