A study finds that although harvested wood products represented a sink of 335 megatons of CO2 per year in 2015 and could reach annual sequestration of 441 megatons of CO2 per year by 2030, wood products represent less than 1% of global emissions and are susceptible to economic shocks that can turn them from a net sink to a net carbon source.
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Article #19-04231: "Global mitigation potential of carbon stored in harvested wood products," by Craig Johnston and Volker Radeloff.
MEDIA CONTACT: Craig Johnston, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI; e-mail: < craig.johnston@wisc.edu >
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences