RALEIGH, N.C. — Before forests grow up to be a large swath of trees, they start out in the smallest of ways.
At the university, there is a refrigerated forest in a special lab, where trees are genetically edited to make them more resilient. He is part of a team of scientists creating trees that are tailor-made for today's environmental challenges.His research partner in this endeavor is Jack Wang.Yet, forests are now under increased threat. The biggest problem revolves around young trees that don't get a chance to grow up.
I guess this is nice, especially if you're a forest based industry that needs wood. But the actual idea for climate stability is to not cut the forest down in the first place, especially old growth. Can't replace the old growth.