Species-rich forests store twice as much carbon as monocultures
Thursday, October 4, 2018 - 15:00
in Earth & Climate
Species-rich subtropical forests can take up on average twice as much carbon as monocultures. An international research team has evaluated data from forests grown specifically for this purpose in China with a total of over 150,000 trees. The results speak in favor of using many different tree species during reforestation.