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Mongabay (mongabay@mastodon.green)'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2024 00:57:23 JST Mongabay

Breadfruit has been put forward by advocates as a climate solution as well as a way to strengthen food security; but the carbon storage potential of breadfruit has never before been investigated.
In a new study, researchers from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa found that in orchards, breadfruit’s carbon storage abilities are relatively low compared with other broadleaf trees in wet environments.
By Claudia Geib
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/breadfruits-low-carbon-storage-could-be-offset-by-fast-growth-study-finds/
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1. Breadfruit’s low carbon storage could be offset by fast growth, study finds
  
  from Jeremy Hance
  
  On a hotter and hungrier planet, breadfruit is becoming a popular tree. It offers nutrient- and fiber-dense fruits that can feed a family and provide farming income, and with its long lifespan, it’s been heralded as a good way to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in trees, leaves and soil. But until […]

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