Regrowing tropical forests absorb megatonnes of carbon

Pieter A. Zuidema () and Catarina C. Jakovac

Nature, 2023, vol. 615, issue 7952, 398-399

Abstract: An analysis confirms that humid tropical forests recovering from degradation and deforestation absorb substantial amounts of carbon dioxide — but much less than is emitted by the destruction of the original forests.

Keywords: Environmental sciences; Biogeochemistry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-023-00706-w

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