Clear-cutting leads to loss of soil carbon as CO2

Petition updateStop destroying Nova Scotia's forests for biomass power generationClear-cutting leads to loss of soil carbon as CO2

Helga GuderleyBoutiliers Point, Canada

Apr 20, 2016

This recent study shows that clear cutting, such as used for biomass harvesting, increases loss of carbon from soils, exacerbating the loss of carbon sequestration by the trees and making biomass even less renewable as a fuel.

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