Rising carbon dioxide in atmosphere also speeds carbon loss from forest soils
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 12:00
in Earth & Climate
Elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide accelerate carbon cycling and soil carbon loss in forests, biologists have 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.