Season 4 · Episode 62
062 | At What Temperature Do Forests Stop Absorbing Carbon?
Bionic Planet: Reversing Climate Change by Restoring Nature
November 2, 202038m 25s
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Show Notes
Today I speak with environmental scientist Jason Funk, who runs the Land Use and Climate Knowledge Initiative (LUCKI) about the important findings of a paper called "Long-term thermal sensitivity of earth's tropical forests," which looks at whether forests can continue to pull carbon from the atmosphere as temperatures rise. What they found is: it's complicated.