🏔️ Weathering of the Southern Andes plays a critical role in balancing CO₂ emissions
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-weathering-southern-andes-plays-critical.html
#geology #andes #carboncapture #climatechange #carbonbalance #southamerica #earthscience
Juan Huang et al. investigated species-specific leaf trait ( #PlantationTree species) plasticity under #NitrogenDdeposition.
#IntrinsicWaterUseEfficiency(iWUE) | #Defense | #CarbonBalance | #SouthChina
Xudong Huang et al. investigated the diurnal dynamics of #CarbonBalance of male and female mulberry (Morus alba) seedlings by examining photosynthetic rate, dark respiration rate, and #NonstructuralCarbohydrates.
#CarbonAllocation | #CircadianRhythm | #DioeciousPlant | #SexualDimorphism
đź’” Climate-protecting carbon sinks of EU forests are declining
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-climate-carbon-eu-forests-declining.html
#forests #europe #climatechange #carbonbalance #nature #ecology #environment
Forests cover about 40% of the EU's land area. Between 1990 and 2022, they absorbed around 10% of the continent's man-made carbon emissions. However, the carbon dioxide absorption capacity of forests, also known as carbon sinks, is becoming increasingly weaker.
"Over 50 years ago, Eugene Odum postulated that mature or climax forests reside in carbon neutrality. As climate change rose to prominence in the international environmental agenda, the neutrality hypothesis transformed from an ecological principle to a justification for using forest management in combating climate change. Despite persistent efforts, Odum's neutrality hypothesis has resisted both confirmation and refutation."
#PrimaryProduction
#CarbonBalance
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.16982?af=R
Paul Houle
Journal of Plant Ecology
Doug Bostrom