Environmental Woes of Tierra del Fuego -- Ozone Depletion

Rain drops pool on the mylar filter over a plot of sedges near Ushuaia, Argentina. Changes in root growth and expansion caused by higher ultraviolet levels may be helping some plants to outcompete others. This could eventually change the nature of the Fuegian ecosytem, Robson says, as bogs and brush cede to forest.

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Rain drops pool on the mylar filter over a plot of sedges near Ushuaia, Argentina. Changes in root growth and expansion caused by higher ultraviolet levels may be helping some plants to outcompete others. This could eventually change the nature of the Fuegian ecosytem, Robson says, as bogs and brush cede to forest.