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Tropical trees show unexpected drought adaptability across Puerto Rico's rainfall extremes

Tropical trees show unexpected drought adaptability across Puerto Rico's rainfall extremesWorldPing

Tropical forests store enormous amounts of carbon and harbor most of the world's terrestrial biodiversity, but scientists fear that increasingly severe droughts threaten their ability to survive and continue absorbing carbon from the atmosphere.

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