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Counting Carbon in US Forests
D espite accounting for around 0.025 percent of all mass on the planet, carbon is vital for life on Earth. This element, ...
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Plants Are Absorbing 30% More CO2 Than Expected- Here’s What It Means for Climate Change
The stunning estimate offers hope that natural ecosystems in pan-tropical forests could help humans control global warming.
California’s federal lands are hemorrhaging carbon dioxide. Wildfires are largely to blame
A study from the U.S. Geological Survey found the ecosystems on California's public lands are losing the carbon they've ...
A complex task: Carbon sequestration in marshes depends on many variables
While a single plant is capable of fixing inorganic carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, the entire ecosystem surrounding the ...
Efforts to put carbon dioxide underground face less support in Trump’s second term
U.S. efforts to put carbon dioxide from power plants and industrial facilities underground where they won't contribute to ...
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After millennia as carbon dioxide sink, more than one-third of Arctic-boreal region is now a source
An international team led by Woodwell Climate Research Center found that a third ... That balance sheet is made up of carbon dioxide (COâ‚‚) uptake from plant photosynthesis and COâ‚‚ released ...
Biochar's carbon storage potential undervalued due to outdated assessment methods, study finds
Biochar, a charcoal-like material derived from plant biomass, has long been hailed as a promising tool for carbon dioxide ...
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California’s federal lands are hemorrhaging carbon dioxide. Wildfires are largely to blame
the USGS study found. The land’s biological processes are generally balanced: Plant growth and decay result in roughly 4 tons of carbon dioxide absorbed per acre every year, while microorganisms ...
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California's federal lands are hemorrhaging carbon dioxide. Wildfires are largely to blame
the USGS study found. The land’s biological processes are generally balanced: Plant growth and decay result in roughly 4 tons of carbon dioxide absorbed per acre every year, while microorganisms ...