Prince Edward Island forests emit more carbon than they absorb, a consequence of the damage caused after post-tropical storm Fiona made landfall almost two years ago.
But Anthony Taylor, a forestry and environmental management professor at the University of New Brunswick, says the Island’s carbon emissions from rotting trees aren’t necessarily an added climate change concern.
He says it is pretty standard for forests to become carbon sources after significant blowdown.
He says carbon emissions from felled trees are significantly less than emissions from forest fires.
