http://www.radio4all.net/program/122695Podcast for Program: Protecting the Forests of the World – Professor William Moomaw and Stuart ScottTue, 21 Jul 2026 19:10:07 +0000240http://www.radio4all.net/program/122695Prof. Moomaw wrote in 2021: Humanity puts out 11 billion tons of carbon each year – amazingly less than half ends up in the atmosphere. NASA satellite data and research show that a bit more than half of the remaining 6 billion tons of carbon are going into forests, plants, wetlands and soils. The other 40 – 45% is being absorbed by the oceans. However the extraordinary capacity of forests to absorb carbon is being undermined by world-wide logging and clear-cutting – which ironically turns forests, that could be our best protection from climate disaster – into yet another powerful source of greenhouse gases. William Moomaw is Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy at Tufts University. Stuart Scott was founder/executive producer of Facing Future TV. Otis MaclayTue, 21 Jul 2026 19:10:07 +0000