by Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News Highlights A new study in Science Advances says that only a few degrees of warming is needed for large scale permafrost thawing, which would release methane and carbon dioxide that has been trapped in the frost The permafrost regions of the arctic hold more carbon dioxide than the Earth’s … Read more
By Bob Berwyn, Insideclimate News Highlights Tim Brodribb, a plant physiologist at the University of Tasmania, published a study that helps identify how trees succumb to heat and dryness The study shows that if climate change continues to persist, most living trees will not be able to survive the warmer climate of the Earth in … Read more
by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, January 27, 2020 Highlights Tropical forests are losing their ability to capture carbon dioxide from the air due to deforestation. The boreal forests found in cool temperature, high mountain ranges are sequestering more CO2 than tropical forests due to the rise of the CO2 Fertilization Effect Roughly 30% of all … Read more
