Into the great unknown: The ability of global forests to store carbon is at risk

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By Tiffany RoufsJun 30, 2015, 1:32 pm102 pts
The world's tropical and subtropical forests absorb 1.1 trillion kg. of carbon from the atmosphere every year, storing it in soil and living and dead biomass. Amazonian forests alone store more carbon than any other ecosystem on earth. That's important because any carbon that is stored in biomass is carbon not…

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