Visitors walk through the world heritage listed daintree rainforest on November 14, 2012 in Mossman Gorge, Australia.Getty Images/Mark Kolbe Trees stop making food for themselves when they get too hot, a new study shows. If tropical air temperatures reach 116 degrees Fahrenheit, a lot of the rainforest could die. This is the first study to narrow in on a threshold that we need to avoid.
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