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NSF: Structural complexity in forests improves carbon capture

by Will M.
A forest's structural complexity is a good predictor of its carbon sequestration potential.
A forest’s structural complexity is a good predictor of its carbon sequestration potential. Credit: Morrowlong/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Chris Gough co-authored a study on carbon sequestration which was funded and recently featured by the National Science Foundation.

The study demonstrated the importance of a forest’s structural complexity to carbon sequestration.

Read the full article on the NSF website entitled “Structural complexity in forests improves carbon capture” by NSF public affairs.

Chris Gough is an associate professor in the Department of Biology who studies forest ecology.

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