Wednesday, June 1, 2011

NASA Map Reveals Massive Carbon Storage of Tropical Forests

Tropical forests store an enormous amount of the world's carbon, and it's therefore pretty important that we don't chop them down (deforestation already accounts for 15-20% of the world's carbon emissions -- and that we know where they are, and how much carbon they absorb. NASA released this image of where that carbon gets sucked down, replete with interesting data

Source: TreeHugger

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