Brazil’s underprotected Cerrado savanna stores a staggering amount of carbon, study finds
The Cerrado savanna occupies about 26% of Brazil and is home to more than 12,000 plant species and diverse animal life. It’s also speckled with...
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‘Blackwater’ lakes and rivers in the Congo Basin are now emitting ancient carbon into the atmosphere
Blackwater lakes and rivers in the Congo Basin are releasing ancient carbon into the atmosphere, a new study shows. Previously, scientists thought this carbon was...
Planting trees in the sea could act as a huge carbon sink and save millions of dollars in storm damage every year. What is stopping us from doing it?
Planting trees along coastlines with human-made shore defenses, such as dikes, could protect more than 140,000 people from flooding and save up to $800 million...
Science news this week: China turns a desert into a carbon sink, a Viking Age grave holds a giant who had brain surgery, real-life inception, and a last-minute Valentine’s gift idea from nature
This week’s science news was filled with astonishing stories about ecological transformations. Topping the list was the finding that China has planted so many trees...
Canada could remove 5 times its annual carbon emissions by planting trees on edge of boreal forest, study finds
Canada could remove more than five times its annual carbon emissions from the atmosphere by the end of the century by planting trees along the...
China’s carbon emissions may have reached a critical turning point sooner than expected
Carbon dioxide emissions from China have flatlined or fallen for 21 months, meaning the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter may have reached a global turning...
China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert that it’s turned this ‘biological void’ into a carbon sink
Mass tree planting in China is turning one of the world’s largest and driest deserts into a carbon sink, meaning it absorbs more carbon from...