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One of the World's Most Important Carbon Buffers Has Been Emitting More than It Absorbs for 15 Years
Forests store carbon, but if you're not careful, they can become a source of emissions. According to new research, that's what's happening to African forests: since 2010, they've been emitting more carbon than they've absorbed. Using advanced satellite data, researchers from the universities of Leicester, Sheffield, and Edinburgh […] Want to learn more about science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl .
Africa's forests for a long time pulled more CO2 out of the atmosphere than they paid off. That's not what has remainedThe forests and savannahs of Africa have for a long time pulled more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere than released. For the period 2010 to 2017, this turned around, writes an international team in the journal "Scientific Reports". More recent data does not have it available. Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere a…
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