Study: Where the forest carbon reservoir • Table.Briefings

Global forests have been a stable carbon sink for decades, a new study shows – but there are significant differences between the various regions of the world. Deforestation in the tropics in particular is a threat to the climate.

Global forests are an important reservoir for a large proportion of global emissions. Over three decades, from 1990 to 2020, the amount of new carbon stored in them each year was almost stable – only declining slightly in the 2010s. This is the conclusion of a study recently published in the journal Nature. However, its authors found significant differences between the regional ecosystems:

Study: Where the forest carbon reservoir is particularly at risk

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