USA Today: Forests in the eastern United States are growing faster than in the past and climate change appears to be a primary reason, a new study finds. More than 90% of the trees analyzed grew two to four times faster than predicted, according to the 22-year-long study published in Tuesday’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study looks at 55 groups of mixed hardwood forest plots in Maryland that are considered representative of trees on the east coast. It says the …