European Forests Absorbing More Carbon Dioxide


	European Forests Absorbing More Carbon Dioxide

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1-1-2008 7:24 PM

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1-2-2008 11:27 AM

Socratoad

Oh yeah, a little good news today!

1-2-2008 5:09 PM

dorine

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European forests are expanding and taking up more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than scientists expected as they regain ground, a new study shows. Such natural carbon storage systems could be key to helping the European Union meet its goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/environment/071129-eu-forests.html"> examined changes in forest cover in Europe and calculated how much carbon those forests store. Their study, detailed in the journal <EM>Energy Policy</EM>, found that over the last 15 years, <A href="http://www.livescience.com/environment/070313_ap_deforestation_reverse.html">forests have grown</A> in 22 of the world's 50 most forested countries</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/environment/071129-eu-forests.html"> Between 1990 and 2005, the expanding forests have absorbed an amount of carbon equal to about 11 percent of the region's emissions.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/environment/071129-eu-forests.html">Every year, the expanding European forests remove a surprisingly large amount of carbon from the atmosphere,"</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/environment/071129-eu-forests.html">According to rough estimates, their impact in reducing atmospheric carbon may well be twice that achieved by the use of renewable energy in Europe today."</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/86BDF360-6D9C-450A-B5AE-D1A1C18E62E6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>