Alaska’s Drunken Forest, where trees are leaning or falling to the ground due to thawing permafrost
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Thawing permafrost in Arctic forests could cause trees to lean sideways and slow growth, reducing the amount of carbon stored in the “drunk forest.”
The Northern Hemisphere’s boreal forests are vast ecosystems that contain up to 40 percent of all carbon stored on land. Rapid warming of the Arctic due to climate change is already impacting how these forests grow and, in turn, the amount of carbon they store. It’s melting too…
