Comments on: Smithsonian ecologists discover forests are growing at a faster rate http://smithsonianscience.org/2010/02/forests-growing-at-a-faster-rate/ A Web site featuring highlights of the Smithsonian Institution’s scientific research in the fields of anthropology, astrophysics, conservation biology, geology, materials science, paleontology and zoology Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:49:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://smithsonianscience.org/2010/02/forests-growing-at-a-faster-rate/#comment-8527 admin Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:23:00 +0000 http://smithsonianscience.org/?p=3500#comment-8527 Hi Jeffry--You can add our site to your RSS reader by clicking on the "Subscribe" link in the top, right corner of the homepage. Hi Jeffry–You can add our site to your RSS reader by clicking on the “Subscribe” link in the top, right corner of the homepage.

]]> By: Jeffry Costley http://smithsonianscience.org/2010/02/forests-growing-at-a-faster-rate/#comment-8460 Jeffry Costley Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:09:24 +0000 http://smithsonianscience.org/?p=3500#comment-8460 Hello to all, I can't understand how to add your site in my rss reader. Help me please. Your blog looks good, have a good one. Hello to all, I can’t understand how to add your site in my rss reader. Help me please. Your blog looks good, have a good one.

]]> By: John Barrat http://smithsonianscience.org/2010/02/forests-growing-at-a-faster-rate/#comment-2573 John Barrat Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:44:37 +0000 http://smithsonianscience.org/?p=3500#comment-2573 The article is located at this Web address: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/02/02/0912376107 The article is located at this Web address:

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/02/02/0912376107

]]> By: Dirk Raat http://smithsonianscience.org/2010/02/forests-growing-at-a-faster-rate/#comment-2538 Dirk Raat Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:06:18 +0000 http://smithsonianscience.org/?p=3500#comment-2538 Nothing new to me; thanks for the confirmation;-) My info: If you look at European antique furniture made of oakwood, you'll notice the difference in density when you compare the oakwood from the 18th century [in antique furniture] to the oakwood of the last decades. The structure of oakwood from the 18th century looks like beechwood of today. Whereas the structure of oakwood of today starts to look like pinewood. Nothing new to me; thanks for the confirmation;-) My info: If you look at European antique furniture made of oakwood, you’ll notice the difference in density when you compare the oakwood from the 18th century [in antique furniture] to the oakwood of the last decades. The structure of oakwood from the 18th century looks like beechwood of today. Whereas the structure of oakwood of today starts to look like pinewood.

]]> By: George E. Marks http://smithsonianscience.org/2010/02/forests-growing-at-a-faster-rate/#comment-2526 George E. Marks Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:13:45 +0000 http://smithsonianscience.org/?p=3500#comment-2526 To Geoffrey Parker Mr. Parker, I've lived in the same area of Southeast Michigan all my life(68 years)except college and military service. What you have documented quantitatively, I have observed qualitatively in growth of forest and underbrush. As a kid who didn't have much to do except ram around the fields and woods, the same fields are now filled with trees and brush so thick as to be impassable. The same woods (forests) that used to be open are also thick with more trees and underbrush and now impassable. It's my opinion that this biomass growth is accelerating due to more CO-2 gas available. Keep up your good work! George Marks Commerce Township, MI 48382 To Geoffrey Parker
Mr. Parker, I’ve lived in the same area of Southeast Michigan all my life(68 years)except college and military service. What you have documented quantitatively, I have observed qualitatively in growth of forest and underbrush. As a kid who didn’t have much to do except ram around the fields and woods, the same fields are now filled with trees and brush so thick as to be impassable. The same woods (forests) that used to be open are also thick with more trees and underbrush and now impassable. It’s my opinion that this biomass growth is accelerating due to more CO-2 gas available.

Keep up your good work!

George Marks
Commerce Township, MI 48382

]]> By: Jess Riddle http://smithsonianscience.org/2010/02/forests-growing-at-a-faster-rate/#comment-2524 Jess Riddle Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:21:09 +0000 http://smithsonianscience.org/?p=3500#comment-2524 The source information for this article appears to be incorrectly attributed. The February 2nd, 2010 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences does not contain any article matching the one described here. Searching the PNAS website for "McMahon and Parker" does not yield any articles published in 2010 by authors with those names. This confusion could be avoided by publishing the full citation for source material. The source information for this article appears to be incorrectly attributed. The February 2nd, 2010 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences does not contain any article matching the one described here. Searching the PNAS website for “McMahon and Parker” does not yield any articles published in 2010 by authors with those names. This confusion could be avoided by publishing the full citation for source material.

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