This might just look like grass, but it has the power to absorb a load of our carbon emissions
CNN
Forests have long been celebrated as the natural heroes in the fight against the climate crisis. But another answer to locking carbon dioxide safely away lies right beneath our feet.
But while we are looking up at the treetops for climate solutions, some campaigners are urging the world to look down, where another answer lies -- right under our feet.
Forests, peatlands, deserts and tundra can all absorb and hold stocks of carbon-dioxide (CO2). Of all the carbon held in land-based ecosystems, around 34% can be found in grasslands, data from the World Resources Institute show. That's not much less than the 39% held in forests.
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