Forests Are Losing Their Ability to Hold Carbon

readbeanicecream, 11 months ago

So it looks like the causes are:

• Increasing natural disasters such as wildfires, tornadoes and hurricanes
• Continual development in forested areas
• Aging forests

This means at minimum we would have to:

• Mitigate climate change
• Create more national/protected forest areas
• Manage those forests effectively to ensure efficient carbon absorption (replacing older trees with younger trees when applicable).

That's a pretty tall order.

phi1997, 11 months ago

But a necessary one