A study in Forest Ecosystems shows that particulate organic carbon (POC) dominates surface soils, while mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC) prevails in deeper soils across eastern China’s forests ...

Wang explains, "Our novel approach highlights how increasing phosphorus limitation and deforestation reduce the carbon sink potential of tropical forests, emphasizing the critical role of ...

Carbon sinks, meanwhile – such as forests, oceans and soils – absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, preventing the Earth from overheating due to this greenhouse effect. Our climate has existed this ...

The findings show that restoring former floodplains could transform landscapes from greenhouse gas emitters into carbon sinks. With over 90% of Europe ... pastures, orchards, forests, water bodies, ...

As anyone even casually surveying the Gunnison Valley’s landscapes can tell, it is an area of densely forested lands, and a new study released last month has confirmed how impactful those forests are ...

Together, the planet’s oceans, forests, soils, and other natural carbon sinks absorb about half of all human emissions, but there are signs that these sinks are under strain. The Arctic ...

Natural systems such as forests and oceans are carbon sinks, absorbing carbon dioxide. Some universities and colleges have offset a portion of emissions through the acquisition and/or ownership of ...

boreal forests, and wetlands in northern latitudes — and found that a shifting dynamic is underway. These environments were once mostly carbon dioxide sinks, meaning they absorbed more atmospheric CO2 ...

As the bells toll louder on climate change, forests are the first line of defense. They act as a carbon sink, absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it in their wood, and soil.

Without old-growth timber, we lose an important carbon sink and habitat essential to the survival ... culture and foods are linked in critical and dynamic ways to the Tongass National Forest, and so ...