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Rainforests can buffer rising CO₂ in the short term—but this comes at a cost
- April 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Tropical forests are among the world's most important carbon sinks. A new study by the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the University of Vienna, and Brazil's National Institute for Amazonian Research suggests that even small understory trees can temporarily store more CO₂ as atmospheric CO₂ levels rise. However, their long-term capacity to sequester carbon may be constrained by nutrient limitations, potentially reducing this ability.
Originally published at Phys.org