Wednesday, December 2, 2015

New Platform Reveals How Much Carbon Is Locked in Tropical Forests – and How Much Was Lost

WRI

Between 2001 and 2013, greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation across the world’s tropical forests were, on average, larger than Russia’s economy-wide emissions in 2012. That’s 2,270 million metric tons (Mt) of carbon dioxide every year. More here.

1 comment:

John Fefchak said...

One year ago, in 2014, it was estimated that 715 sq. kilometers of boreal forest have already been ravaged ( 276 sq. miles )

by mining Oil Tar Sands operations, and even more will become victimized.

Species’ ingenious survival strategies no match for human destruction, red list reveals

The Guardian Newly endangered animals include desert frogs and snails in extreme ocean depths, both threatened by mining Damian Carrington ...