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Researchers found photosynthesis does not always lead to wood growth, suggesting trees may store less planet-heating carbon than hoped.
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Mukund Palat Rao, carbon cycle scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University
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Researchers found photosynthesis does not always lead to wood growth, suggesting trees may store less planet-heating carbon than hoped.
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Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT · 5h 24m ago
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Why
Scientists observed a decoupling of photosynthesis and wood growth, with trees stopping growth months before photosynthesis ceased.
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This finding indicates that current models might overestimate forests' future carbon sequestration capacity, potentially impacting efforts to mitigate climate change through tree planting and land-based carbon removal strategies.
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