[Libloather]

The U.S. Department of Energy, however, which is funding the project, has told the scientists to chop down the trees...

My favorite part of the story.

[count-your-change]

Why “favorite part of the story”? This study has shown how CO2 in the atmosphere benefits plant growth and how younger forests benefit most, which leads to the conclusion that cutting mature trees is good forest management.
This may not be what all the researchers wanted to find but there it is.