Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Surprise findings: Climate change causes Marin redwoods grow bigger



Surprise. Marin's majestic redwoods — and others around the state — are experiencing unprecedented growth due to warmer temperatures and sunnier skies brought on by climate change, according to a report released Wednesday by the Save the Redwoods League. "Sunlight, enough water and warm conditions is the perfect recipe to grow happy redwoods and that's what we are seeing," said Emily Burns, director of science for Save the Redwoods League and lead researcher of the report. In 2009, the league launched an effort to determine what impact climate change is having on the redwoods, which dot Marin and have been made famous at the Muir Woods National Monument where thousands

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