- Cleared tropical forests can regain ground surprisingly fast. After just 20 years, forests can recover by nearly 80 percent in certain key areas, including biodiversity and soil health. Scientists studied 77 sites across the Americas and West Africa that are regrowing forests that vary in age https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tropical-forest-recovery-ecosystem 9 comments science
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- Forests help reduce global warming in more ways than one https://www.sciencenews.org/article/forest-trees-reduce-global-warming-climate-cooling-carbon 22 comments
- Tropical forests have flipped from sponges to sources of carbon dioxide https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tropical-forests-have-flipped-sponges-sources-carbon-dioxide 20 comments
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