Climate Action
This unassuming item releases 10.9 billion tonnes of carbon every year
A new study has found that deadwood releases 10.9 billion tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere and soil every year, and climate change could make it worse.
David was made a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2008 and was awarded a DSc in 2003 by the Australian National University. He received an Order of Australia for contributions to science in 2014. In 1998 he was awarded the Eureka Science Prize, and in 1999 he received a Whitley Award for the co-authored book Conservation Biology for the Australian Environment.
