As Midwesterners revel in this unusually warm November, researchers at UW-Madison and Harvard are looking for ways to keep winters colder'and longer.
A common theory on how to slow global warming lies in forest management. Scientists theorized that an abundance of dense forests would reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, and in turn, curb the chances of a permanent summer.
The researchers, led by Carol Barford, assistant scientist at the UW Institute for Environmental Studies, found that climatic factors can have an effect on a tree's ability to filter out carbon dioxide. More importantly the research found that ecological factors, like tree size, have the largest affect on a tree's ability to divert the flow of carbon dioxide.
