Gayathri Vaidyanathan :: » Carbon starvation http://gayathrivaidyanathan.com Journalist & Multimedia Reporter Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:33:39 +0000 en hourly 1 New Studies Point to ‘Carbon Starvation’ as a Cause for Tree Mortality http://gayathrivaidyanathan.com/2010/01/20/new-studies-point-to-carbon-starvation-as-a-cause-for-tree-mortality/ http://gayathrivaidyanathan.com/2010/01/20/new-studies-point-to-carbon-starvation-as-a-cause-for-tree-mortality/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:05:49 +0000 vaidyg http://gayathrivaidyanathan.com/?p=303 Picture 1Tree death rates could increase globally because of rising temperatures and prolonged droughts linked to climate change, according to multiple studies.

The reasons for tree mortality in a warmer, drier world have been narrowed down to three main scenarios — greater prevalence of insects and diseases in a warmer world, the drying out of plants, and a third mechanism where water-stressed trees stop photosynthesizing, called carbon starvation.

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