According to a news release from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, tropical forests “fix” themselves.
They do this by securing nitrogen and carbon quicker after being logged or emptied for agriculture.
Researchers believe the finding that trees speed up their capacity to secure or “fix” nitrogen from the air and discharge it into the soil as the forest rebounds has significant ramifications.
http://natmonitor.com/2013/09/15/tropical-forests-fix-themselves-researchers-say/
They do this by securing nitrogen and carbon quicker after being logged or emptied for agriculture.
Researchers believe the finding that trees speed up their capacity to secure or “fix” nitrogen from the air and discharge it into the soil as the forest rebounds has significant ramifications.
http://natmonitor.com/2013/09/15/tropical-forests-fix-themselves-researchers-say/