sciencedaily.com - 1/13/2009
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ScienceDaily (Sep. 14, 2008) Contrary to 40 years of conventional wisdom, a new analysis published in the journal Nature suggests that old growth forests are usually "carbon sinks" - they continue to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and mitigate climate change for centuries. However, ...
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Green Glossary: Old Growth Forests
Planet Green Articles Feed —
... . "Whether logging or clearing land for agriculture, the bulk of the world's forests have fallen to crops, cattle or younger trees. According to some estimates, less than 10 percent of forests worldwide can be considered old growth, or undisturbed for more than a century. And that is not just a tragedy for the plants and animals that require mature forests it is also a tragedy for the world's climate." This is because old-growth forests are usually "carbon sinks," meaning "they continue to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and mitigate climate change for centuries." ...
Rainforests Bounce Back?
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... carbon young trees lock up has been a recent hot topic - during its development, a new tree takes in more carbon than an older one, and so a new forest absorbs carbon at a quicker rate. Until recently it was also presumed that as forests became elderly there was a “drop-off point” beyond which their carbon storing abilities were severely diminished - implying that planting new forests was the quickest and most effective way to combat global warming. Yet a recent anaylsis by Nature has overturned this - concluding that old ...
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