Scientists claim to have located the 'missing carbon sink' in tropical forests that are absorbing around one billion tonnes more carbon than previously thought. Jane Burgermeister investigates.

But land degradation and deforestation isn't just a concern for tropical countries ... to provide more precise measurements of forest carbon sinks. The product relies on machine-learning models ...

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 ...

Known as “carbon sinks,” mangroves ... with research showing 11,583 square miles of tropical peat swamp forests in Malaysia and Indonesia have been replaced by palm oil plantations.

Encompassing approximately 100,000 square kilometers, the basin includes vast tracts of flooded rainforest and ... release greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane. While tropical peatlands ...

As a result, this double deficiency is hindering our ability to understand and predict the land carbon sink, particularly in tropical forests, which grow on phosphorus poor soils. I am collaborating ...

A study in Forest Ecosystems shows that particulate organic carbon (POC) dominates surface soils, while mineral-associated ...

Gim Huay Neo (Managing Director, World Economic Forum), John F. Kerry (Co-Executive Chair, Galvanize) and Jozef Sikela ...

But our recent research in New Phytologist shows that rising temperatures will severely affect the ability of tropical forests to photosynthesize. This will hinder their capacity to absorb carbon ...