Forest Fire Prevention Efforts Could Lessen Carbon Sequestration, Add To Greenhouse Warming

Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 23:14 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 conclude in a new report.

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