U.S. Forests Soak Up Carbon Dioxide, But For How Long?
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 10:31
in Earth & Climate
MISSOULA, Mont.--U.S. forests offset roughly 11 percent of the nation's industrial greenhouse gas emissions, storing "significant amounts" of carbon that would otherwise pollute the atmosphere, according to new government data.The findings, released last week, estimate the nation's expanding forests sequester an additional 192 million metric tons of carbon annually due to increases in both the total area of forest land and the amount of carbon stored per acre. [More]