The saturated soil conditions predicted to result from increased rainfall in the UK's upland regions could have a knock-on effect on the ambition to create more woodland in the fight against climate change, a new study has found.
Researchers from the University of Plymouth have spent a number of years exploring how temperate rainforests could be an effective nature-based solution to some of the planet's greatest challenges.
They have also shown that the UK's uplands could in future see significantly more annual rainfall than is currently being predicted in national climate models.
In new research, they found that higher soil water levels within areas such as Dartmoor, the Lake District and the Scottish Highlands could have a significant impact on the survival rates of both acorns and juvenile oak saplings.
Published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management, it is the first study to highlight the importance of factoring in soil conditions when looking at where and how to create the temperate rainforests of the future.
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