{"id":215,"date":"2026-11-03T20:38:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T20:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roynewsworld.com\/?p=215"},"modified":"2026-11-03T20:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T20:38:30","slug":"a-24-year-study-uncovers-a-surprising-climate-benefit-beneath-forests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roynewsworld.com\/?p=215","title":{"rendered":"A 24-year study uncovers a surprising climate benefit beneath forests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 17px;line-height: 1.8;color: #334155;margin-bottom: 25px\">Scientists have discovered that some forest soils are becoming surprisingly better at removing methane from the atmosphere as temperatures rise and rainfall declines. A study spanning up to 24 years found methane absorption increasing by an average of 3% annually, challenging previous predictions about climate change&#039;s effects on forests.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2026\/10\/261014015525.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:12px 26px;background:#0f172a;color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none\">Read Full Story on Source &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have discovered that some forest soils are becoming surprisingly better at removing methane from the atmosphere as temperatures rise and rainfall declines. A study spanning up to 24 years found methane absorption increasing by an average of 3% annually, challenging previous predictions about climate change&#039;s effects on forests. Read Full Story on Source &rarr;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roynewsworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roynewsworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roynewsworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roynewsworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roynewsworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/roynewsworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roynewsworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roynewsworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roynewsworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}