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Showing Original Post only (View all)How to erase 100 years of carbon emissions? Plant trees--lots of them. [View all]
https://www.google.com/amp/s/relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/environment/2019/07/how-to-erase-100-years-carbon-emissions-plant-treesAn area the size of the United States could be restored as forests with the potential of erasing nearly 100 years of carbon emissions, according to the first ever study to determine how many trees the Earth could support.
Published today in Science, "The global tree restoration potential report found that there is enough suitable land to increase the worlds forest cover by one-third without affecting existing cities or agriculture. However, the amount of suitable land area diminishes as global temperatures rise. Even if global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the area available for forest restoration could be reduced by a fifth by 2050 because it would be too warm for some tropical forests.
Our study shows clearly that forest restoration is the best climate change solution available today, said Tom Crowther, a researcher at ETH Zürich, and senior author of the study.
That does not alter the vital importance of protecting existing forests and phasing out fossil fuels since new forests would take decades to mature, Crowther said in a statement.
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Well, we're in the South - most years no worry about cedars using too much water
csziggy
Jul 2019
#34
Not trees...bamboo - invasive as hell. Grows MUCH faster than trees, excellent carbon sink.
harumph
Jul 2019
#4
This will only work if business and big corporations can make an obscene profit..
mitch96
Jul 2019
#14
5 acre to 1 million acre farms can have a major positive impact on the ecosystem "
mitch96
Jul 2019
#35
Somebody has to pay for the seeds and seedlings Trees don't grow on trees, you know.
marylandblue
Jul 2019
#28
Fine, then pay them off for doing it ... it's still cheaper than climate change (nt)
mr_lebowski
Jul 2019
#30
I'm glad this story was written -- I've seen it several places -- but it still baffles me
misanthrope
Jul 2019
#41