🌳 Tropical forests now releasing carbon
Long-term data show Australia’s tropical forests have shifted from storing carbon to emitting it, as rising heat and extreme weather increase tree deaths.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A transition from carbon sink to source for the aboveground woody biomass of moist tropical Australian forests has occurred, driven by increasingly extreme climate anomalies.
