Study highlights forest growth trends from 1870 to the
present
Global change: Trees continue to grow at a faster rate
Trees have been growing significantly faster since the
1960s. The typical development phases of trees and stands have barely changed,
but they have accelerated – by as much as 70 percent. This was the outcome of a
study carried out by scientists from Technische Universität München (TUM) based
on long-term data from experimental forest plots that have been continuously
observed since 1870. Their findings were published recently in Nature
Communications.