Traditionally undisturbed tropical forests in Africa and the Amazon are losing their ability to stash away carbon — and it’s happening much faster than scientists anticipated, according to a new study in Nature.
“Intact tropical forests remain a vital carbon sink, but this research reveals that unless policies are put in place to stabilize Earth’s climate, it is only a matter of time until they are no longer able to sequester carbon,” study co-author Simon Lewis, from the School of Geography at University of Leeds, U.K., said in a statement.
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/03/tropical-forests-may-flip-into-carbon-sources-sooner-than-feared-study-finds/
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