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The Carbon Disconnect: New Research Challenges Assumptions About Forest Climate Buffers

By Evan Lee Salim

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July 17, 2026

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For decades, the global strategy for mitigating climate change has rested on a fundamental, seemingly intuitive premise: as atmospheric carbon dioxide ($CO_2$) levels rise, forests will act as increasingly powerful carbon sinks. The logic held that more…