Reposted by @d-lund.bsky.social
"Researchers found undisturbed primary forests store 83% more carbon per acre than the managed forests that are replacing them."
This study is "shocking" - as in "we've been lied to by the forest industry" and... it's not in our climate models.
sustainability.stanford.edu/news/shockin...
sustainability.stanford.edu
A ‘shocking’ carbon discovery in Sweden’s forests
A new study finds old-growth forests in Sweden store far more carbon than the industrial tree plantations that are rapidly replacing them, with soil accounting for most of the difference. Protecting u...
