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"Tasmania’s tall eucalypt forests are globally significant. They accumulate
carbon faster than any other natural forest ecosystem in the world.
But climate change is making it harder for these forests to remove carbon from
the atmosphere and store it in wood. During heatwaves, they stop removing
carbon altogether and release it instead.
What will happen as heatwaves occur more frequently? Tasmania’s tall eucalypt
forests will become carbon sources more and more of the time. As temperatures
continue to rise, the forests will reach a “tipping point”. When this happens
the forests will no longer be able to store carbon and mass tree deaths will
occur.
My new report released today makes recommendations about preparing for this.
There are serious implications for greenhouse gas emissions, conservation and
wood production. We cannot ignore the risks of a warming climate. There is a
lot we can do now to prepare and make future forests more resilient."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
