Munching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sink
Monday, March 2, 2015 - 11:00
in Earth & Climate
In a high carbon dioxide world, the trees would come out ahead. Except for the munching bugs. A new study published today in Nature Plants shows that hungry, plant-eating insects may limit the ability of forests to take up elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, reducing their capacity to slow human-driven climate change.