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Shedding light on how much carbon tropical forests can absorb
March 20, 2020
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Tropical forest ecosystems are an important part of the global carbon cycle as they take up and store large amounts of CO2. It is, however, uncertain how much this ability differs between forests with high versus low species richness. New IIASA research sheds light on this question, aiming to enhance predictions of tropical ecosystem strength as global carbon sinks.

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