Climate impacts in northern forests
Northern forests hold around 54% of the world’s total terrestrial carbon stock and contribute more than one-third to our global terrestrial carbon sink. This report reviews the impact of human induced
Carbon Sinks
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Marine carbon sinking rates confirm importance of polar oceans
About the same amount of atmospheric carbon that goes into creating plants on land goes into the bodies of tiny marine plants known as plankton. When these plants die and sink, bacteria feed on their sinking
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Ditch metal and plastic and turn to wood to save the planet, says U.N.
For design enthusiasts worried about forests being axed for furniture, this may come as a bit of a surprise: buying a table made of wood instead of metal or plastic could significantly help cut carbon
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Climate Change Update: Only Healthy Trees Can Save The Planet
The fast negative progress of global warming cannot be saved by all tress, as there are those 'unhealthy' ones that contribute damages too. Not all trees can save the planet. This is the new study
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North American forests not the climate change remedy hoped for- study
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - North American forests will not fight climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide at levels once hoped for because the trees may not grow big enough, a study said
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Forestry for a low-carbon future: integrating forests and wood products in climate change strategies
Forests have an acclaimed role as a carbon sink needed to tackle climate change. Less known is how their contribution can be scaled up even after a tree has been logged. A new FAO publication, Forestry
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Forestry for a low-carbon future: integrating forests and wood products in climate change strategies
Forests have an acclaimed role as a carbon sink needed to tackle climate change. Less known is how their contribution can be scaled up even after a tree has been logged. A new FAO publication, Forestry
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How Growing Sea Plants Can Help Slow Ocean Acidification
Researchers are finding that kelp, eelgrass, and other vegetation can effectively absorb CO2 and reduce acidity in the ocean. Growing these plants in local waters, scientists say, could help mitigate the
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Why we should all worry about the Amazon catching on fire this year
Researchers are increasingly concerned that the Amazon rain forest — the world’s largest tropical forest, a huge repository of carbon and a vital cycler of water into rainfall across much of South America
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Majestic redwood forests are also amazing fighters against global warming
SAN JOSE, Calif. — California’s ancient redwood forests aren’t just majestic and among the oldest living things on Earth: A new study finds they are also a particularly potent weapon against global warming.
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Drought stalls tree growth and shuts down Amazon carbon sink, researchers find
A recent drought completely shut down the Amazon Basin's carbon sink, by killing trees and slowing their growth, a ground-breaking study led by researchers at the Universities of Exeter and Leeds has found.