A drunken forest in Alaska, where trees are bent or falling to the ground due to melting permafrost
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Melting permafrost in Arctic forests can cause trees to bend sideways, slowing their growth, and reducing the amount of carbon stored by these “drunk forests.”
The northern hemisphere’s boreal forest is a vast ecosystem that holds up to 40 percent of all carbon stored on Earth. quickly Arctic warming climate change is already affecting how these forests grow and therefore how much carbon they store. It’s melting too…
