Untouched forests fight climate change, but face threats

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Untouched forests fight climate change, but face threats
December 20, 2017 by Hayley Dunning, Imperial College London


The world's rainforests take up extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but their ability to do so is threatened by drought and fragmentation.

Human activities pump extra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but only around half of it stays there. The oceans and forests of the world are known to be carbon 'sinks', absorbing much of the excess atmospheric carbon.

However, it was not known exactly how much carbon different forests absorb, and what could affect this capability. Now, an international team of researchers has completed a study of the carbon-absorbing capability of the intact tropical rainforests of Borneo.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-12-untouched-forests-climate-threats.html#jCp

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   888ohnoes  EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!  The world is coming to an end.  The forests may be in danger!  Give us money to research how we can save them!  EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!

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Now, an international team of researchers has completed a study of the carbon-absorbing capability of the intact tropical rainforests of Borneo.


Are these the same kind of edjumacated eggspirts that are telling us the Earth is going to die because of manmade globull warming that does not exist.

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Untouched forests fight climate change, but face threats
December 20, 2017 by Hayley Dunning, Imperial College London


The world's rainforests take up extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but their ability to do so is threatened by drought and fragmentation.

Are they still "rainforests," if they suffer from "drought?"