A role for tropical forests in stabilizing atmospheric CO2

R. A. Houghton (), Brett Byers and Alexander A. Nassikas
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R. A. Houghton: R. A. Houghton and Alexander A. Nassikas are at the Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540-1644, USA
Brett Byers: Brett Byers is at Million Acre Pledge, 310 Hillside Avenue, Piedmont, California 94611, USA, and Rainforest Trust, 7078 Airlie Road, Warrenton, Virginia 20187, USA
Alexander A. Nassikas: R. A. Houghton and Alexander A. Nassikas are at the Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540-1644, USA

Nature Climate Change, 2015, vol. 5, issue 12, 1022-1023

Abstract: Tropical forests could offset much of the carbon released from the declining use of fossil fuels, helping to stabilize and then reduce atmospheric CO2 concentrations, thereby providing a bridge to a low-fossil-fuel future.

Date: 2015
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