403 | Turning Up the Heat in the Boreal Forest

This week your hosts Ariel Frame and Scott Walters speak with master's student Julia Hammer about how climate change may impact basic life function of trees. Julia discusses her research on how rising temperature and carbon dioxide levels affect boreal trees' capacity to photosynthesize and what this might mean for these species with projected climate trends. We learn about rooftop greenhouses, forest laboratories with scaffolded trees, what photosynthesis really is, and a whole lot more.

To learn more about Julia's research, follow her on Twitter @julfacts

 

Recorded on November 29, 2022.

Produced by Amalie Hutchinson.

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