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‘This is bad news’: Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source

Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implicationsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereAustralian tropical rainforest trees have become the first in the world to switch from being a carbon sink to an emissions source due to increasingly extreme temperatures and drier conditions.The change, which applies to the trees’ trunk and branches but not the roots system, began about 25 years ago, according to new research published in Nature.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...


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