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Climate change threatens global forest carbon sequestration, study finds
Climate change is reshaping forests differently across the United States, according to a new analysis of U.S. Forest Service data. With rising temperatures, escalating droughts, wildfires and disease...
Diverse forests hold huge carbon-storage potential, as long as we cut emissions, study shows
Contact: Jim Erickson A new study, published today in the journal Nature, suggests that global forest carbon storage has the potential to make a meaningful contribution to slowing climate change...
U-M-led study investigates lions' interactions with humans in a diminishing habitat
A new University of Michigan study highlights the combined impacts of human activity and climate change on lion populations. Lions tend to avoid human-dominated areas unless they are facing food...
Drier savannas, grasslands store more climate-buffering carbon than previously believed
Savannas and grasslands in drier climates around the world store more heat-trapping carbon than scientists thought they did and are helping to slow the rate of climate warming, according to a new...
Study: Modest moss supports billions of tons of carbon storage
Contacts: Cody Abramson Jim Erickson ANN ARBOR—Plant life plays a crucial role in fighting climate change by absorbing and transforming greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. For instance, over its...
Study: Tree diversity increases storage of carbon and nitrogen in forest soils, mitigating climate change
Contact: Jim Erickson | Michigan News Preserving the diversity of forests assures their productivity and potentially increases the accumulation of carbon and nitrogen in the soil, which helps to...