Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Can We Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Simply Allowing Forests to Recover?
September 14, 2024
September 14, 2024
PANAMA CITY, Panama, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute issued the following agency statement on Sept. 13, 2024:
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Regrowing tropical forests emit significantly lower soil carbon dioxide than cattle pastures.
Just as we do, roots and microbes in soils breathe out carbon dioxide gas--an important cause of global warming. Tropical soils release 10 times more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year than all our burning of . . .
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Regrowing tropical forests emit significantly lower soil carbon dioxide than cattle pastures.
Just as we do, roots and microbes in soils breathe out carbon dioxide gas--an important cause of global warming. Tropical soils release 10 times more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year than all our burning of . . .