Herbert Bormann

The Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, pictured here, has been a boon for forest science.

One of the largest ‘test tubes’ in science is an 8,000-acre forest in New Hampshire

Science

The Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest is best known for breakthroughs in acid rain research. And it is still helping scientists learn — now about the effects of clear-cutting and climate change.

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