Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests

Nature, Published online: 04 March 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2035-0Unlike Amazonian forests, African forests have maintained their carbon sink until recently but by 2030 the African carbon sink will have shrunk by 14 per cent and the Amazonian sink will reach almost zero.

Source: Nature AOP - March 3, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Wannes Hubau Simon L. Lewis Oliver L. Phillips Kofi Affum-Baffoe Hans Beeckman Aida Cun í-Sanchez Armandu K. Daniels Corneille E. N. Ewango Sophie Fauset Jacques M. Mukinzi Douglas Sheil Bonaventure Sonk é Martin J. P. Sullivan Terry C. H. Sunderland He Source Type: research