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062 | At What Temperature Do Forests Stop Absorbing Carbon?

Nov 02, 202038 minSeason 4Ep. 62
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Today I speak with environmental scientist Jason Funk, who runs the Land Use and Climate Knowledge Initiative (LUCKI) about the important findings of a paper called "Long-term thermal sensitivity of earth's tropical forests," which looks at whether forests can continue to pull carbon from the atmosphere as temperatures rise. What they found is: it's complicated.

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