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British forest pumped full of CO2 to test tree absorption

By Reuters
22 June 2017   |   8:04 am
A vast 'forest lab' in Britain is being pumped full of carbon dioxide in a bid to determine just how effective trees are at absorbing greenhouse gases when exposed to the predicted levels of 2050.

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