Study shows new forests cannot take in as much carbon as predicted
Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 16:50
in Earth & Climate
As carbon emissions continue to rise, scientists project forests will grow faster and larger, due to an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide, which fuels photosynthesis. But a new study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom finds that these projections are overestimated.