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"The climate benefits of planting trees may have been greatly overestimated,
but swift action could ensure reforestation meets its potential to curb
dangerous emissions, new research has found.
Reforestation – or replanting trees in areas that have been cleared and
degraded – is considered an important tool to curb climate change. Plants
absorb carbon from the atmosphere and store it in their leaves, roots, stems
and wood, as well as in the soil.
But to what extent can planting trees actually limit climate change? That is
the question my colleagues and I examined in research published today.
We found while reforestation can contribute significantly to tackling climate
change, its global potential is only a fraction of what’s been claimed. Unless
we change tack, reforestation is unlikely to significantly help achieve net
zero."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
