News Headline

Biodiverse forests better at storing carbon for long periods, says study

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2020-01-06

As the effects of climate change are increasingly felt around the world, possible solutions—from reducing fossil fuel emissions to capturing carbon—have come to dominate policy discussions. Planting new forests and restoring existing ones have emerged as some of the best ways to capture CO2, since trees pull carbon out of the air during photosynthesis, then store it in their trunks and roots.

Content
https://phys.org/news/2020-01-biodiverse-forests-carbon-periods.html