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👨🔬 ♻️ 🌎 A recent collaborative study with Berkeley Lab scientists found that plants across the world are more productive than previously thought. But if they absorb carbon faster than expected, this means they also release carbon faster than expected, changing scientists understanding how much carbon plants store. "...Carbon cycles more rapidly between the atmosphere and biosphere than we thought. We need to better understand and account for this more rapid cycling in climate models.” - Berkeley Lab scientist Charles Koven in a recent Earth.Com article. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4eVoSUo

Plants release carbon faster than we expected

Plants release carbon faster than we expected

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Does this mean carbon Stored in the tree and plant structures are better at Carbon sequestration than living trees and plants absorbing the carbon thru photosynthesis process

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