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With rising temperatures, escalating droughts, wildfires, and disease outbreaks taking a toll on trees, climate change is reshaping the future of forests in the US. Find out more here.
Forest modeling by Oregon State University scientists shows that a site's productivity—an indicator of how fast trees grow and how much biomass they accumulate—is the main factor that determines which time period between timber harvests allows for maximum above-ground carbon sequestration.
Savannas and grasslands in drier climates around the world store more heat-trapping carbon than scientists thought they did and are helping to slow the rate of climate warming, according to a new study.
Hydrothermal vents have been discovered as an earlier unexplored source of dissolved black carbon in the oceans, adding to the knowledge of the ocean’s role as a carbon sink.
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