Good news for oak forests and climate change.

Researchers at BIFOR have shown that oak trees accumulate more wood when there is more carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere. That’s the key finding from our new study, carried out in a long-established forest in Staffordshire, England, that we have turned into a huge field experiment by injecting with extra CO₂. After we increased CO₂ levels to what will be the planetary level in the 2050s, trees took more of it from the atmosphere and their wood production increased by 10%. (* Credit - The Conversation - Article We pumped extra CO₂ into an oak forest and discovered trees will be ‘woodier’ in future (theconversation.com))

The Wild Landfill partnership has planted thousands of native oaks in our bid to provide multiple ecosystem services including carbon sequestration and increased biodiversity. Watch this space for pictures of our beautiful oak trees as they develop.