Apparently dead forests release less carbon into the atmosphere than expected: "Overall, we discovered that after a tree die-off, the loss of carbon in the soi

Apparently dead forests release less carbon into the atmosphere than expected: "Overall, we discovered that after a tree die-off, the loss of carbon in the soil results less from increased respiration by microbes but more from the fact that trees are no longer sequestering photosynthesized carbon into the soil," Moore said. "There seems to be a dampening of the carbon cycle rather than a big pulse of carbon release. So even if the forest now goes from a sink to a source of carbon dioxide, it's not as dramatic of an effect as we thought it would be." https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/dead-forests-release-less-carbon-into-atmosphere-than-expected https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/dead-forests-release-less-c...