The average size of trees in the Amazon rainforest has been steadily increasing due to the rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, according to a new study. The trees are increasing in size by more than three per cent every ten years, the analysis said.

The study, ‘Increasing tree size across Amazonia’, was published in the journal Nature Plants on September 25. It was carried out by an international team of around 100 scientists from more than 60 universities around the world, including those from South America and the United Kingdom.

What did the study say?

To carry out the study, scientists monitored trees across 188 permanent forest plots, with an average area of 12,000 square metres across the Amazon basin , to build the long-term dataset.

Although monitoring

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