One-fifth Of Fossil-fuel Emissions Absorbed By Threatened Forests
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 21:21
in Earth & Climate
Scientists have discovered that rainforest trees are getting bigger. They are storing more carbon from the atmosphere in their trunks, which has significantly reduced the rate of climate change.
Read the whole article on Science Daily
More from Science Daily
Related
- One-fifth of fossil-fuel emissions absorbed by threatened forestsWed, 18 Feb 2009, 13:43:46 EST
- Ancient oak trees help reduce global warmingFri, 27 Jun 2008, 10:49:24 EDT
- Seeing the forest and the trees helps cut atmospheric carbon dioxideFri, 13 Feb 2009, 18:37:15 EST
- 'Living fossil' tree contains genetic imprints of rain forests under climate changeThu, 30 Oct 2008, 17:57:09 EDT
- Old growth forests are valuable carbon sinksWed, 10 Sep 2008, 13:29:08 EDT