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From leaves to clouds—revealing how trees' emissions shape the air around us

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2018-05-31

As he gazed down on the Amazon from above, shining leaves formed waves of foliage. The wind rippled through them, creating eddies and pools of green. From this point of view, some people may have just seen trees. But from his lofty perch, Kolby Jardine, a researcher at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, saw more—the forest's complex ecological cycle. Starting from emissions put out by the leaves to the clouds high above, each component influences all of the others.

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https://phys.org/news/2018-05-cloudsrevealing-trees-emissions-air.html