학술논문

Regrowing tropical forests absorb megatonnes of carbon
Document Type
News
Source
Nature: International weekly journal of science. 615(7952):398-399
Subject
Environmental sciences
Biogeochemistry
Language
English
ISSN
0028-0836
1476-4687
Abstract
An analysis confirms that humid tropical forests recovering from degradation and deforestation absorb substantial amounts of carbon dioxide — but much less than is emitted by the destruction of the original forests.
Carbon uptake from regrowth does not offset emissions from deforestation.