According to the Chicago Tribune, a series of recent studies has concluded that Canada's forests, stressed from damage caused by global warming, insect infestations, and persistent fires are now pumping out more climate-changing carbon dioxide than they are sequestering.
For more information, visit the website of the Hartford Courant.
(Edited from the Society of American Forester's electronic newsletter. E-Forester, January 12, 2009)
This really throws a twist into the whole global warming thing.
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