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A study suggests that trees may not be able to store as much planet-heating carbon as hoped, with researchers finding photosynthesis does not always lead to wood growth.
US, eastern US, California
Who
Mukund Palat Rao, carbon cycle scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University
What
A study suggests that trees may not be able to store as much planet-heating carbon as hoped, with researchers finding photosynthesis does not always lead to wood growth.
When
Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT · 2d 5h ago
Where
US, eastern US, California ·
Why
Scientists studied 137 sites across the US and found trees stopped growing months before the point in the year at which photosynthesis stopped.
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This finding indicates that current models may overestimate future forest carbon sequestration, potentially undermining a key natural defense against climate change and increasing the urgency for technological carbon removal solutions.
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