Growing trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air, using photosynthesis to build it into roots, trunks, and branches, where they can store carbon for decades or even centuries. With enough nitrogen in their soils, recovering tropical forests might absorb up to an additional 820 million metric tons of CO2 yearly for a decade. Rather than fertilizing young forests, plant nitrogen-fixing trees in regenerating forests and prioritize forest restoration on lands that receive nitrogen pollution from farms and factories.
www.caryinstitute.org/news-insights/press-release/recovering-tropical-forests-grow-back-nearly-twice-fast-nitrogen