Telling Numbers: Carbon emission from tropical forests jumps in new calculation | Explained News, The Indian Express

Telling Numbers: Carbon emission from tropical forests jumps in new calculation | Explained News, The Indian Express

By Express News Service |New Delhi |Updated: November 1, 2019 7:49:11 am

Telling Numbers: Carbon emission from tropical forests jumps in new calculation

A new study says that carbon impacts from the loss of intact tropical forests has been grossly underreported.

The study has found that the long-term net carbon impacts, through 2050, are six times the current estimates. T

A new study says that carbon impacts from the loss of intact tropical forests has been grossly underreported. Published in Science Advances, the study has calculated new figures relating to intact forest lost between 2000-2013.