Amazon rainforest soaking up less carbon as trees die young: study

Environmental | 206653 hits | Mar 19 12:36 am | Posted by: Hyack

The Amazon rainforest's ability to soak up greenhouse gases from the air has fallen sharply, possibly because climate change and droughts mean more trees are dying, an international team of scientists said on Wednesday.

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by andyt
Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:04 pm
Didn't we just have some post where the fain forest was going to save us all, was absorbing more carbon than expected, so we could keep spewing?

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