Biofuels could hasten climate change
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 10:56
in Earth & Climate
April 14, 2009 - A new study finds that it will take more than 75 years for the carbon emissions saved through the use of biofuels to compensate for the carbon lost when biofuel plantations are established on forestlands. If the original habitat was peatland, carbon balance would take more than 600 years. The study appears in Conservation Biology.