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  1. [Nov 3, 2009] The carbon dioxide emissions caused by the destruction of tropical forests have been significantly overestimated, according to a new study. The work could ...
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  2. Forests and soils store carbon dioxide (CO2). For this reason they play an important part in the greenhouse gas balance and in the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol.
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  3. But at least the world's forests appear, for the moment, to be swallowing their share of CO2. Forests are recognized as a carbon sink - absorbing and storing up to 18% of ...
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  4. University of Leeds News - Forests absorb one-third of global fossil fuel emissions - The world’s established forests remove 8.8bn tonnes of CO2 per year from the ...
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  5. Carbon and Forests Introduction Trees absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. Trees retain the carbon portion of the CO2 molecule to build their structures, and exhale most ...
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  6. [Feb 18, 2009] Trees in the tropics are getting bigger, which means they are soaking up an extra 5bn tonnes of CO2 a year
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  7. The world's forests take up roughly a third of the carbon dioxide emitted from burning fossil fuels each year. But deforestation in the tropics sends about half that ...
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  8. Since the industrial revolution 850 billion tonnes of CO2 has been emitted due to combustion of Fossil fuels worldwide. Many new woodlands in The National Forest have ...
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  9. Forests absorb CO2 with little or no intervention required, and no expenditure of fossil fuels. There are two contending points of view regarding best forest management ...
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  10. (2009) Van Der Werf et al. Nature Geoscience. Read by researchers in: 43% Environmental Sciences, 25% Earth Sciences. Deforestation is the second largest ...
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