The early data shocked Wofsy & his team: The oaks and maples and scattered conifers around the tower were absorbing roughly 2 tons of carbon per hectare per year. The data proved that Harvard Forest—16 square kilometers in central Massachusetts where farms and pastures had been abandoned in the 19th century—was not yet at steady state
Progress on climate change requires hard choices — keep a forest standing or clear it for a solar farm
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/10/tracking-climate-change-through-natures-breaths/
