Mongabay: An increase in carbon sequestration by trees in the Amazon has roughly offset total emissions from deforestation in the region since the 1980s. A new study, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, this trend may slow in the future, causing the world’s largest rainforest to become a net source of carbon emissions and therefore contributing to climate change. Under a long-term monitoring project known as ‘RAINFOR’ (Red Amazonica de Inventarios Forestales or …