Forests absorb one third our fossil fuel emissions

Friday, July 15, 2011 - 03:31 in Earth & Climate

The world's established forests remove 2.4 billion tonnes of carbon per year from the atmosphere – equivalent to one third of current annual fossil fuel emissions – according to new research published in the journal Science.

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