Harvard Professor Steven Wofsy on Forests and the Carbon Cycle

What is the carbon cycle, anyway—and how do forests impact it? Steven Wofsy, Abbott Lawrence Rotch Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science, is a bonafide expert in trees. In this interview, he explains how trees function within Earth’s natural carbon cycle and the geological processes of heating and cooling, and how they are being impacted by contributors to accelerated climate change including deforestation, increased wildfires, and urban expansion.

Read more:
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/11/harvard-trees-carbon-cycle-climate-change
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2020/04/deforestation-damages-even-the-rainforests-that-survive-it
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2010/12/models-and-mud-in-amazonia?_gl=1*nvtnqc*_ga*MTAxOTg1MDY0LjE3MzAyOTk3NTI.*_ga_NRT2D6GKXJ*MTczMDkwMzU2MS4yMC4xLjE3MzA5MDM5OTMuNjAuMC4w
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/harvard-landscape-architect-bas-smets-nature-design

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