deadwood

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Across the full year, however, the buildup of sediments, plant matter, and deadwood resulted in significant net carbon storage.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

West: A century of firefighting, elimination of Indigenous burning, logging of large fire-resistant trees, and other management practices that allowed small trees, undergrowth and deadwood to choke forests.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Through photosynthesis, carbon transforms into biomass, which eventually dies and becomes leaf litter or deadwood.

From National Geographic • Oct. 12, 2023

Mr Sarma had earlier vowed to "cut the deadwood out of the police force".

From BBC • May 1, 2023

He looked around for deadwood, but the flood had washed most of it away.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver