To answer this important question, an international consortium of scientists, coordinated by INRAE and Bordeaux Sciences Agro, studied the growth of 223 tree species planted in 160 experimental ...

Fast-growing trees don't always store more carbon. In tough environments, slow but resilient species store more.

Tree planting can be the most cost-effective way of removing carbon as long as careful choices are made about which type of trees to plant and where. Governments worldwide have committed to ...

due to their capacity to store carbon in the soil and in tree biomass. As such, promoting fast-growing trees could strengthen efforts to mitigate climate change. This raises a key question for ...