Europe’s forests approach carbon ‘saturation point’

The ability of Europe's forests to absorb carbon dioxide is heading towards saturation point, threatening one of the continent's main defences against global warming, a study published in Nature Climate Change in August 2013 has shown.

Nature Climate Change: Research: Perspectives: Article: First signs of carbon sink saturation in European forest biomass, August 2013 http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1853.html

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/forests/home_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/environment/forests/home_en.htm

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