Forest fire prevention efforts will lessen carbon sequestration, add to greenhouse warming

Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 08:14 in Earth & Climate

Widely sought efforts to reduce fuels that increase catastrophic fire in Pacific Northwest forests will be counterproductive to another important societal goal of sequestering carbon to help offset global warming, forestry researchers at Oregon State University conclude in a new report...

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