Carbon Cycle
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Earth has a carbon problem, and some think trees are the answer. Would it help to plant more? To cut…
Carbon flows between the atmosphere, land, and ocean in a cycle that encompasses nearly all life and sets the thermostat…
The amount of carbon dioxide that the ocean can take from the atmosphere is controlled by both natural cycles and…
Perhaps nowhere on Earth do questions about the role of forests in the carbon cycle need answers more than in…
NASA researchers believe increased rain and snowfall are encouraging plant growth, which in turn are sequestering carbon dioxide.
BOREAS's primary goals were to determine how the boreal forest interacts with the atmosphere (via the transfer of gases and…
A multi-scale project leads to an understanding of the carbon flux between terrestrial ecosystems and the lower atmosphere.
In the Far North, fire is critical for renewing the boreal forest. But changes in fire frequency or size may…
One goal of of NASA's Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) is to understand how changes in air temperature, moisture and carbon…
