The green, green grass of the Arctic: Researchers predict dramatic boost in trees and shrubs due to

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global warming (rest of headline)


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2302256/The-green-green-grass-Arctic-Researchers-predict-dramatic-boost-trees-shrubs-global-warming.html?ito=feeds-newsxml



The Arctic is set to become a lush and green landscape due to global warming, researchers have predicted.

Experts say the wooded areas in the region could increase by 50% over the coming decades - and accelerate global warming in the process.

Researchers have unveiled the most accurate map ever of how vegetation could change in the region.

'Such widespread redistribution of Arctic vegetation would have impacts that reverberate through the global ecosystem,' said Richard Pearson, lead author on the paper and a research scientist at the American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation.

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1. That would also reduce CO2

by increased absorbtion.

[leftyohiolib]

2. it's all been leased to oil developers