carbon sequestration
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New Biden Order to Find Old Trees Falls Short of Protecting Them
In reversal of standard procedure, the federal government will now have to figure out how not to miss the trees for the forest.
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Soil May Not Be Able to Keep Storing Carbon Dioxide as Emissions Increase
There’s a trope in the climate denial world that rising carbon dioxide levels are good, actually, because it’s helping plants grow. Putting aside that saying that ignores all the deleterious effects on life on Earth, there’s also another issue with the tired talking point.
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Gold Mining Is Hurting the Amazon’s Ability to Store Carbon
Gold mining is becoming an increasingly dangerous threat to the Amazon. A new study has found that barely any trees or plants grow where mines once sat. This is bad news for the wildlife that depends on vegetation for habitat. Without trees or vegetation, though, the Amazon also can’t store as much carbon to prevent…
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Calculation Shows We Could Add A US-Sized Forest To The Planet To Fight Climate Change
Trees are good for all sorts of things, such as providing shade for picnics and habitat for animals. But they’re also a huge part of the efforts to combat climate change by sucking carbon dioxide out of the air.