Trees may warm the planet Planting trees across the United States and Europe to absorb carbon dioxide emitted by the burning of fossil fuels may outweigh the positive effects of sequestering that CO². Using climate models, researchers from DOE's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Carnegie Institution Department of Global Ecology found that forests in the mid-latitude regions of the Earth tend to warm the planet in the long run. The darkness of these forests absorbs abundant sunlight, warming the land. While the darkness of the forest lasts forever, the effect of the forest sequestering carbon dioxide slows down over time as the atmosphere exchanges CO² with the ocean. However, the story is different for the tropical forests. In tropical regions, forests help keep the Earth cool by not only absorbing carbon dioxide, but by evaporating plenty of water as well. [Anne Stark, 925/422-9799, stark8@llnl.gov] EISRG provides energy crisis support

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Trees may warm the planet Planting trees across the United States and Europe to absorb carbon dioxide emitted by the burning of fossil fuels may outweigh the positive effects of sequestering that CO². Using climate models, researchers from DOE's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Carnegie Institution Department of Global Ecology found that forests in the mid-latitude regions of the Earth tend to warm the planet in the long run. The darkness of these forests absorbs abundant sunlight, warming the land. While the darkness of the forest lasts forever, the effect of the forest sequestering carbon dioxide slows down over time as the atmosphere exchanges CO² with the ocean. However, the story is different for the tropical forests. In tropical regions, forests help keep the Earth cool by not only absorbing carbon dioxide, but by evaporating plenty of water as well. [Anne Stark, 925/422-9799, stark8@llnl.gov] EISRG provides energy crisis support

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The ARM Mobile Facility deployment site in Niamey, Niger. Beginning this month, scientists will begin taking data from Los Alamos National Laboratory's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Mobile Facility (AMF) deployed in Niger, West Africa at the Niamey International Airport.

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Trees may warm the planet Planting trees across the United States and Europe to absorb carbon dioxide emitted by the burning of fossil fuels may outweigh the positive effects of sequestering that CO². Using climate models, researchers from DOE's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Carnegie Institution Department of Global Ecology found that forests in the mid-latitude regions of the Earth tend to warm the planet in the long run. The darkness of these forests absorbs abundant sunlight, warming the land. While the darkness of the forest lasts forever, the effect of the forest sequestering carbon dioxide slows down over time as the atmosphere exchanges CO² with the ocean. However, the story is different for the tropical forests. In tropical regions, forests help keep the Earth cool by not only absorbing carbon dioxide, but by evaporating plenty of water as well. [Anne Stark, 925/422-9799, stark8@llnl.gov] EISRG provides energy crisis support related news: