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Andean forests have high potential to store carbon under climate change
The Andes are the world’s longest mountain range and a hotspot of biodiversity. Here, a view of the tropical forest along mountains in Peru. (Photo: William Farfan-Rios)
April 19, 2021
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The Andes Mountains of South America are the most species-rich biodiversity hotspot for plant and vertebrate species in the world. But the forest that climbs up this mountain range provides another important service to humanity.
Andean forests are helping to protect the planet by acting as a carbon sink, absorbing carbon dioxide and keeping some of this climate-altering gas out of circulation, according to new research published in Nature Communications. ....

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