Strongest sinks of carbon are in dynamic landscapes
Monday, December 7, 2015 - 05:01
in Earth & Climate
The strongest forest carbon sinks in eastern forests are within landscapes not completely dominated by forests. Using a new framework for forest carbon accounting, a team of USDA Forest Service scientists found that landscapes with 50-60 percent forest land use had statistically the same sink strength as landscapes with 90-100 percent forest.