Sugar cane ethanol replaces fossil fuels, but changes in soil carbon could offset some of the benefit. Now, a study shows minor loss of soil carbon when pastures and croplands are converted to cane, but larger losses when converting native savannahs.
Fire‐induced tree mortality in a neotropical forest: the roles of bark traits, tree size, wood density and fire behavior
Fire‐induced tree mortality in a neotropical forest: the roles of bark traits, tree size, wood density and fire behavior
Large‐scale wildfires are expected to accelerate forest dieback in Amazônia, but the fire vulnerability of tree species remains uncertain, in part due to the lack of studies relating fire‐induced mortality to both fire behavior and plant traits. To address this...