Skovens klimamæssige betydning

Any forest provides a climate service by storing carbon, the researchers said, but forests also absorb more solar radiation than bare ground. Tropical forests cool the land by evapotranspiration, but northern boreal forests have much lower evapotranspiration and are dark in comparison to open spaces. These factors give Amazon forests "the highest climate regulation value of all the ecoregions we studied," Anderson-Teixeira said.

Enhver skov giver et klima tjeneste ved at lagre kulstof, siger forskerne, men skove også absorberer mere sollys end bar jord. Tropiske skove køle jord evapotranspiration, men det nordlige boreale skove har meget lavere evapotranspiration og er mørke i forhold til åbne rum. Disse faktorer giver Amazon skove "den højeste klimaregulering værdien af ​​alle økoregioner, vi undersøgte," Anderson-Teixeira sagde.