Sentences with phrase «role forests»

Accounting for biomass energy often ignores the critical role forests play as a sink for carbon dioxide that might otherwise accumulate in the atmosphere.

This means that all this time scientists have drastically underestimated the role these forests play in the greenhouse gas problem and climate change.

Kadyszewski presented ACR's Climate Leadership award to Dr. Sandra Brown, Winrock senior scientist and former director of Winrock's Ecosystem Services Group, for four decades of work advancing the understanding of the role forests play in the global carbon cycle.

Swiss experiment on the interdependence of trees gets to the roots of the role forests play in managing atmospheric carbon for the rest of the living world.

Some places may be even more sensitive due to the role forests may play in carrying atmospheric moisture from the ocean to interior areas.

Many speakers also stressed the role forests must play as part of the solution as well, noting the importance of forest landscape restoration and evidence that primary and other mature forests are very effective at absorbing and sequestering carbon.