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Carbon capture is substantial in secondary tropical forests
2016-05-13 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] CLEMSON, South Carolina — One of the most effective methods for capturing carbon from the atmosphere in the tropics of Latin America requires doing very little. In fact, researchers say, just protecting natural forest regrowth can help reduce climate change. Carbon uptake by secondary tropical forests is substantial. If left alone to regrow for 40 years, the young secondary forests (YSF) and middle-aged secondary forests (MSF) that existed in 2008 would capture th…
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