Carbon Sinks
80% of Malaysian Borneo’s rainforests destroyed by logging
New research shows rainforests on Borneo have been ravaged by logging companies and palm oil plantations
REDD+ should value forests as more than “carbon warehouses”
New report calls on policymakers to better understand the biodiversity and livelihood benefits of forests to ensure the success of REDD+.
Conservation or carbon sinks: Can the UN see the forest for the trees?
Forests play a key role for the UN’s climate change and biodiversity agencies. Melati Kaye investigates whether they can they serve the goals of both simultaneously.
Oceans, forests and ecosystems continue to soak up rising man-made carbon emissions, for now, say scientists
New research shows that while a slow down of carbon absorption of the planet’s ecosystems is projected, today they continue to keep up with the rising levels of emissions being released into the atmosphere.
Scientists discover how carbon is stored in the Southern Ocean
New research examining how the Southern Ocean absorbs CO2 reveals that winds and currents create pathways for carbon to be stored in the deep ocean regions.
Climate Live: EU commissioner says bloc should “take more risks” in pursuit of oil and gas
Energy commissioner praises US for exploiting tar sands and Gulf of Mexico, New study backs “iron fertilisation” of the oceans as a way to store carbon in the seas, Mixed results from US climate change opinion polls.
Could climate change answer lie 20,000 leagues under the sea?
Ocean geoengineering technique to grow and sink phytoplankton blooms gets thumbs up in new study.
Photo of the week #20 – Climate change threatens the world’s Boreal Forests
This week’s photo of the week comes from the Northern Hemisphere’s Boreal Forests.
New research raises climate change impact of Canada’s oil sands
Loss of peatland landscapes will result in release of additional 11.4-47.3 million tons of carbon dioxide.