{"id":4657,"date":"2020-07-08T15:30:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T22:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/school-of-informatics-computing-and-cyber-systems\/?p=4657"},"modified":"2020-07-30T16:27:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T23:27:26","slug":"forests-can-be-risky-climate-investments-to-offset-greenhouse-gas-emissions-say-nau-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/forests-can-be-risky-climate-investments-to-offset-greenhouse-gas-emissions-say-nau-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"Forests can be risky climate investments to offset greenhouse gas emissions, say NAU scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-tall-banner-image wp-image-4659\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/wp-content\/uploads\/huntzinger-768x512-768x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"384\" \/>Professor\u00a0<strong>Scott Goetz<\/strong>\u00a0of Northern Arizona University\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-informatics-computing-cyber-systems\/\">School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems<\/a>\u00a0and associate professor\u00a0<strong>Deborah Huntzinger<\/strong>\u00a0of NAU\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/ses\/\">School of Earth and Sustainability<\/a>\u00a0co-authored a paper published in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1126\/science.aaz7005\"><em>Science<\/em><\/a> finding that forests can be best deployed in the fight against climate change with a proper understanding of the risks to forests that climate change itself imposes. Given the tremendous ability of forests to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, some governments are counting on planted forests as offsets for greenhouse gas emissions\u2014a sort of climate investment. As with any investment, however, it\u2019s important to understand the risks. If a forest goes bust\u2014through severe droughts or wildfires, researchers say\u2014much of that stored carbon could go up in smoke.<a href=\"https:\/\/news.nau.edu\/stored-carbon-forests\/#.XwZIuihKiUk\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor\u00a0Scott Goetz\u00a0of Northern Arizona University\u2019s\u00a0School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems\u00a0and associate professor\u00a0Deborah Huntzinger\u00a0of NAU\u2019s\u00a0School of Earth and Sustainability\u00a0co-authored a paper published in\u00a0Science finding that forests can be best deployed in the fight against climate change with a proper understanding of the risks to forests that climate change itself imposes. 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