In short: more carbon in the air does not guarantee more carbon in the wood. Between those two lies a living network of ...

Scientists have been dramatically underestimating how much carbon trees actually absorb from the atmosphere, and the discoveries emerging from recent research are reshaping our understanding of ...

The basics of photosynthesis are something that every student learns in school: carbon dioxide, water and light in; oxygen ...

A group of trees that grow fast, live long lives and reproduce slowly account for the bulk of the biomass. Irene del Carmen Torres Dominguez measures the diameter of a tree on Barro Colorado Island in ...

After more than a century of fire suppression in California’s forests, mounting evidence shows that frequent fire — through practices like prescribed fire or Indigenous cultural burning — can improve ...

Forests and plantations play a vital role in carbon sequestration, yet accurately monitoring their growth remains costly and labor-intensive ...

An international study led by the University of Freiburg, published in Global Change Biology, has found that forests with many tree species can store significantly more carbon than those with only one ...

New study on a ‘portfolio approach’ to carbon removal enables firms to mix expensive tech-based solutions that inject carbon deep underground with lower-cost and currently more available nature-based ...

Declining snow accumulation in the mountains of the Northeastern U.S. will likely reduce the ability of forests to act as a carbon sink, a study has found. The shrinking snowpack and destructive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Founder of the Climate Tech Venture Review and Banyan Tree Research This is the third article in a series delving into the ...