Tall and old or dense and young: Which kind of forest is better for the climate?

In 2007, Richard Branson, the British business magnate, offered a $25 million prize to anyone who can invent a device capable of removing significant volumes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Andy Kerr, a noted Oregon environmentalist, drew a picture of a tree and sent it in. After all, a tree performs the job of … Continue reading Tall and old or dense and young: Which kind of forest is better for the climate?