by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
Trees and soil both contribute to carbon<\/strong> capture and sequestration<\/strong>. However, certain circumstances can limit this function. Nothing new, off course, except for one surprising detail: the soil’s remarkable ability to compensate<\/strong> for the reduction in storage by plants following a critical event.<\/p>\n The discovery comes from researchers at the Th\u00fcnen Institute of Forest Ecosystems<\/strong> in Braunschweig, Germany, who recently examined the impact of drought on the country’s forests between 2018 and 2020. In the end, they found that the soil was able to offset almost all of the losses of this element.<\/p>\n