A recent study published by the Colorado State Forest Service took a deeper look into the impact of Colorado's trees and how they store carbon. The findings reported that some of Colorado's forests release more carbon than they draw due to dying trees that are actively decomposing. Trees naturally store carbon in their bark, but the amount and the impact vary, especially when the trees decompose or are impacted by diseases or insects. "In recent decades, those forests are where you are seeing that more carbon is being released than it's being added," said Tony Vorster, a research scientist and study lead at Colorado State University. "And what happens in those places is that as the trees decompose and break down, that carbon that's stored in the wood of the tree, it's broken down. So it goes in soil, but a lot of it goes into the atmosphere." Read more about the study's finding at the link in our bio. Written by Rebekah Barry Graphic by Trin Bonner #collegianscience #csucollegian ...