Cottonwood Forest (Overhead View) (IMAGE)

University at Buffalo

Cottonwood Forest (Overhead View)

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A cottonwood forest adjacent to the Red Deer River in Alberta, Canada. In a 2021 study, researchers present new techniques for modeling the impact of climate change on riparian forests of this kind. Visible in the photo is an eddy covariance flux tower — a type of scientific installation that was used in the new study.

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Credit: Laurens J. Philipsen

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