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Dead Tropical Plants Induce Massive Carbon Release from Soil: Study (International Business Times, August 15, 2011)

Tropical plants, long considered a major counterforce to human-induced increase in global carbon dioxide, may not yield such a big net reduction effect after all.

Tropical plants (and plants in general) absorb carbon dioxide and water to produce sugar and oxygen. But a new study from the University of Cambridge asserts that dead tropical plant materials also trigger the release of massive amounts of carbon from soil.

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