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PHOTOS: Tennessee Time Machine

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Welcome to the world of tomorrow. Scientists at Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee have surrounded a section of the forest floor with instruments designed to simulate future climate conditions. They're using the experiment to learn how increased CO2 and higher temperatures will affect soil and plants in ways that computer modeling can only guess at (see "Step Into My Time Machine," Spring 2011). Photographer Chad Greene joined the researchers on a trip to 2111 -- no DeLorean required.

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