Rising Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere Also Speeds Carbon Loss From Forest Soils
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 11:01
in Earth & Climate
Elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide accelerate carbon cycling and soil carbon loss in forests, new research led by an Indiana University biologist has found. The new evidence supports an emerging view that although forests remove a substantial amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, much of the carbon is being stored in living woody biomass rather than as dead organic matter in soils.