SocraticGadfly: Forests could flip-flop on CO2

April 17, 2009

Forests could flip-flop on CO2

If we don’t get a lasso on global warming soon, the planet’s forests, currently our carbon dioxide friends, could become our enemies.

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that if global temperatures increase another 2°C, forests could become a net source of carbon emissions.

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