PNW SciCast Webinar: Carbon Storage in Pacific Coast Forests

Carbon stored in forests has the potential to mitigate global warming caused by fossil fuel emissions. Despite years of research, however, there is still uncertainty and disagreement around some of the fundamental issues around carbon management – including the importance of carbon stocks versus sequestration, the role of harvest rotation lengths and harvested wood products, and the need for fuel reduction in forests prone to severe wildfire. To address these uncertainties, research ecologist Andrew Gray and his collaborators are engaged with land managers to identify various modeling approaches that project forest carbon into the future.

Tune in to the November 2024 installment of PNW SciCast to hear Gray highlight research leveraging a comprehensive sample of forest monitoring measurements to reveal the carbon dynamics of the many forest types in the Pacific Northwest and to estimate the amounts and causes of changes in carbon stocks in the region.