Global prevailing winds (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Global prevailing winds

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Unlike daily weather, global prevailing wind patterns are believed to be relatively stable over millennial timescales. A new study finds that these wind currents have helped shape genetic diversity in the world's forests and could impact how well different tree populations are able to adapt to a changing climate. In this image, black arrows and white paths represent global prevailing wind directions, and colored dots represent the locations of the tree populations whose genetic data were analyzed in the study.

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Matthew Kling, UC Berkeley

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