Carbon capture is substantial in secondary tropical forests
Carbon capture is substantial in secondary tropical forests
by ScienceBlog.com | May 13, 2016
One of the most effective methods for capturing carbon from the atmosphere in the tropics of Latin America requires doing very little. In fact, researchers say, just protecting natural forest regrowth can help reduce climate change.
Carbon uptake by secondary tropical forests is substantial.
If left alone to regrow for 40 years, the young secondary forests (YSF) and middle-aged secondary forests (MSF) that existed in 2008 would capture the equivalent amount of carbon emissions generated in all of Latin America and the Caribbean between 1993 and 2014.
A study published May 13 in Science Advances, shows that when land is left to regrow after forests have been cleared, these secondary forests could play a substantial role in removing carbon from the air even without costly tree plantings or promotion of land abandonment.
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