Surprise: Hurricanes Create Carbon Sequestration – Exceed Carbon Emissions by American Vehicles Each Year
2nd May 2016
Previous research from Duke environmental engineer Ana Barros demonstrated that the regular landfall of tropical cyclones is vital to the region’s water supply and can help mitigate droughts.
Now, a new study from Barros reveals that the increase in forest photosynthesis and growth made possible by tropical cyclones in the southeastern United States captures hundreds of times more carbon than is released by all vehicles in the U.S. in a given year.
Cue conniptions by the Usual Suspects. (‘Who are you going to believe, me or your lyin’ science?’)