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ClimateWire: "Oops!" She places a hand over her mouth and looks around surreptitiously. Wood, 40, is responsible for the daily operations of this first-of-its-kind experiment, where scientists are cranking up the heat by 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius) to see what happens to the saplings of palm and tabonuco and small plants growing here. This is as hot as our planet may be in 2100 if nations emit carbon dioxide at present-day rates. The scientists want to see whether tropical forests will thrive......
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Exposing a small part of a forest to the heat of 2100
Posted by ClimateWire: Gayathri Vaidyanathan on November 24th, 2015
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