Los límites del secuestro de carbono en los bosques

Julia K Green1, Trevor F Keenan1,2

  • 1Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 13, 2022
PubMed
Resumen

Los modelos forestales podrían sobreestimar el secuestro de carbono. Esta investigación sugiere que las estimaciones actuales del potencial de almacenamiento de carbono de los bosques pueden ser demasiado altas, lo que afecta a las estrategias de mitigación del cambio climático.

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