Forests with higher tree diversity may help mitigate climate change

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Greater tree diversity is associated with higher soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation, according to international researchers, who say that increasing soil carbon and nitrogen storage can help mitigate climate change and sustain soil fertility. The researchers say their results highlight conserving and promoting diverse forests to promote soil carbon and nitrogen storage, enhancing both carbon sink capacity and soil nitrogen fertility.

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Organisation/s: Western Sydney University, University of Alberta, Canada

Funder: The Discovery Grants programme (grant no. RGPIN-2018-05700 to S.X.C.) of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for supporting this research. H.Y.H.C. acknowledges the support from NSERC (RGPIN-2019–05109 and STPGP428641) and the Canada Foundation for Innovation and Ontario Research Fund (CFI36014). X.C. wishes to thank NSERC and the Government of Canada for a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship and P.B.R. acknowledges support by the U.S. National Science Foundation Biological Integration Institutes grant no. NSF-DBI-2021898.

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