Saturday, March 24, 2018 7:27:59 PM
Tropical Forests Are Not the Carbon Sinks We Thought They Were
A new study shows that tropical forests emit more carbon than they consume, mostly due to human activities.
Kate Wheeling
Sep 29, 2017
(Photo: Ashley Thay/Flickr)
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The team found that, across all three regions, tropical forests emitted 862 teragrams of carbon every year—an amount roughly equivalent to half of the United States' yearly man-made carbon emissions—and absorbed only 425 teragrams of carbon. The majority of the loss—roughly 60 percent—came from Latin American forests, followed by tropical forests in Africa (24 percent) and then Asia (16 percent).
(Graphic: Woods Hole Research Center)
https://psmag.com/environment/tropical-forests-are-not-the-carbon-sinks-we-thought-they-were
Yep, more trees in America surely has to be a big success story. New science is interesting, too. Can't say the same for all new politicians
in recent times. In America come November it would be good to see some of them cut out, while leaving more old growth forest standing.
A new study shows that tropical forests emit more carbon than they consume, mostly due to human activities.
Kate Wheeling
Sep 29, 2017
(Photo: Ashley Thay/Flickr)
[...]
The team found that, across all three regions, tropical forests emitted 862 teragrams of carbon every year—an amount roughly equivalent to half of the United States' yearly man-made carbon emissions—and absorbed only 425 teragrams of carbon. The majority of the loss—roughly 60 percent—came from Latin American forests, followed by tropical forests in Africa (24 percent) and then Asia (16 percent).
(Graphic: Woods Hole Research Center)
https://psmag.com/environment/tropical-forests-are-not-the-carbon-sinks-we-thought-they-were
Yep, more trees in America surely has to be a big success story. New science is interesting, too. Can't say the same for all new politicians
in recent times. In America come November it would be good to see some of them cut out, while leaving more old growth forest standing.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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