Forests Not Keeping Pace With Climate Change

More than half of Eastern U.S. tree species examined in a massive new study aren't adapting to climate change as quickly or consistently as predicted. "Many models have suggested that trees will migrate rapidly to higher latitudes and elevations in response to warming temperatures, but evidence for a consistent, climate-driven northward migration is essentially absent in this large analysis," said James S. Clark, H.L. Blomquist Professor of Environment at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment.