Study finds almost the same amount of carbon is sequestered in mineral soil and stems in heath forests

A recent study from the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) examined the size of carbon stocks in heath forests and their distribution into different compartments of the forest ecosystem both above and below the ground level. The carbon flux moving through tree litter and the water flux was also measured. The largest carbon stocks in the heath forest ecosystem were measured in spruce-dominated forests in Southern Finland and the smallest in pine forests in Northern Lapland. The highest carbon volumes were sequestered in stems and mineral soil.