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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Tom Watling

Amazon rainforest trees are getting bigger due to climate crisis, study finds

Trees across the Amazon rainforest are growing larger in response to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to a major new study.

The research, published in the Nature Plants journal, found that the average size of trees in the Amazon has increased by 3.2 per cent every decade for at least the past 30 years.

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