A new study from the University of Vermont finds streams play an important role in storing climate-warming carbon. Dead trees keep a surprising amount of carbon out of the atmosphere when they ...

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Dead trees, particularly large ones in streams, play a significant role in carbon storage, with old-growth forests storing four to five times more carbon in stream wood than mature forests.