Over the thousands of decades humanity have cleared land for the farming, highways, and the expanding of our towns or cities. Because of our greedy needs on wanting to expand and use all the land we can to build our civilization. From the 1850 we have reduced global forest due to this our worlds woodland are in a choppy fragments state. With on 20% of the remaining forest within 100 meters of an edge for example: a rode or a parking lot. Our scientist have been studying fragments forest for decades mostly for their horrid effects on wildlife and biodiversity, but currently scientists have turned their attention to other issues in the effects of forest fragments on carbon storage and climate change. Andrew Reinmann postdoctoral research associate and Lucy Hutyra an associate professor of earth and environment have found that temperate broadleaf forest such as the red oak in New England absorbs more carbon than expected along their edge, but are more susceptible to the heat stress. Because of the funding from the national Oceanic and Atmospheric Admirations , and other others scientist suggest that while the forest may be valuable carbon sinks in more than ever but they may be sensitive toward climate change.
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