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Tropical Forests May Be Getting Too Hot for Photosynthesis (lighthouse-eco.co.za)

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Climate change is already making a small proportion of tropical tree leaves so hot that their photosynthetic machinery bakes and breaks, according to new research.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Very cool

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

No! Hot.

[–] uniqueid198x 4 points 2 years ago

Heres the underlying study, which says tembs are gaing up but have not reached the critical threshhold https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06391-z