While today’s carbon markets see forests primarily as a collection of carbon sticks (trees), Bio4Climate knows that forests are climate regulating ecosystems from the fungi to the canopy. New appreciation for the soil biome comes from research which shows that in certain forests the soil is reacting to warmer temperatures by absorbing more methane!
“When soil absorbs methane, it lowers the amount that reaches the atmosphere, cutting warming pressure in the years ahead. Forest soils rarely get credit for this service, yet their performance can rise or fall with weather.”
Posted: February 20, 2026