Pacific Northwest temperate rainforests can attain the greatest biomass per acre of any ecosystem on earth. Wow! Did you know that? I didn't. Temperate and boreal forests are very extensive and currently serve as net carbon sinks. And that's a good thing -- a very good thing!
Carbon storage by forests is complementary with other important ecosystem services provided by forests.
- Clean Water
- Fish and wildlife habitat
- Soil conservation
- Economic diversification
- Capture, storage and release of water, nutrients and sediment
- Air filtration
- Mediation of urban heat islands
Forest, Carbon, Climate Myths
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