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As different as night and day

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An analysis of northern ecosystems shows that the effects on plant growth of rising night-time temperatures are opposite to those of increasing daytime temperatures — a finding that has implications for carbon-cycle models. See Letter p.88

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Figure 1: Boreal forest by night.

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  1. Christopher Still is in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA.,

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