Recovering tropical forests 🌳 grow back nearly twice as fast with nitrogen 🧪: « Cary co-authored study recommends strategies to help young forests soak up carbon faster. »
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Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Recovering tropical forests grow back nearly twice as fast with nitrogen
A new study coauthored by Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies ecologist Sarah Batterman estimates that if recovering tropical forests had enough nitrogen in their soils, they might absorb up to an additional 820 million metric tons of carbon dioxide each…