Ability of Re-Grown Amazon Forest to Combat Climate Change ‘Vastly Overestimated’, Study Suggests – Independent

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Article Synopsis – A new study has found that the ability of “re-grown areas of the Amazon rainforest to draw carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and combat climate change may have been vastly overestimated”. The areas of regrowth were found to hold just “40% as much carbon dioxide as sequestered by parts of the Amazon untouched by humans”. To read the actual article click here.

By Sharon Gray December 21, 2019 Newsletter