Study: Old Growth Forests Provide Temperature Refuges In Face Of Climate Change

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Old growth forests in the Northwest have the potential to make the extremes of climate change less damaging for wildlife. New research out of Oregon State University shows complex forests do a surprisingly good job of regulating temperatures on the ground. Jes Burns of our EarthFix team explains.

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