Dartmouth Clear Cutting Forest Study (IMAGE)

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth Clear Cutting Forest Study

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Clear-cutting loosens up carbon stored in forest soils, increasing the chances it will return to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and contribute to climate change, a Dartmouth College study shows.

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