Vermont Researchers Speed Up Tree Aging Process To Create Old Growth

Scientists at the University of Vermont are engineering trees to look and act like old-growth forests–and their new research has promising implications for storing carbon in the fight against climate change. National Public Radio’s program Here & Now sent a reporter to visit UVM’s research forest with professor Bill Keeton. Listen to the story here, (at 5:10 in the broadcast). The research was also covered by WBUR in Boston, Vermont Public Radio,the NRDC website, and other outlets.

Source: UVM News