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Trees are feeling the pressure (of climate change)!

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February 16, 2018

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The Earth's climate is rapidly changing- how will its inhabitants be affected? Harvard University PhD student Jess Gersony is studying how trees will respond to drought, a consequence of climate change. A key component of her science toolbox is the *pressure bomb,* an instrument that measures how dry trees are- joins us as we venture into the canopy of the Harvard Forest to find out!

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