Planting trees to remove carbon from the atmosphere will only be effective alongside other strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Climate modelling that best accounts for the processes that sustain plant life predicts plants could absorb up to 20% more CO₂ than the simplest version predicted.
The idea that harm done today can be offset in the future is based on a basic misunderstanding of the carbon cycle. Planting more trees is important – but it’s no substitute for cutting emissions.
Many people are gardening on land that is not theirs – here are some things to consider to avoid getting into trouble.
Could community gardening emerge as an effective method for addressing climate anxiety?
Native trees have been found at new heights in the Scottish Highlands, demonstrating how mountain woodland could recover from deforestation – benefiting humans, wildlife and climate issues.
Funding decisions under the federal program were largely driven by simplistic considerations, such as the cost of each tree, rather than benefits to threatened species.
The rapidly changing climate presents many challenges for the sustainability of forest ecosystems. Assisting the migration of trees is a tool to address these challenges.
Australia has half as much forest as it did before colonisation. Restoring it can be hugely expensive. But new approaches can help
Over 50 fire ecologists across the Western U.S. took an unprecedented look at how forests in thousands of locations are recovering from fire in a changing climate. The results were alarming.
Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone, has a chief heat officer, the first in Africa. She has her work cut out for her.
The Midwest had a lot of trees, but just a few species were responsible for the bulk of the carbon storage.
Plant the right trees in the right places – with the right fungal companions.
Plan to cut emissions quickly, use offsets sparingly and set broader goals for improving society.
Here’s what to look out for.
The pledge to end deforestation holds great potential, but Canada has some work ahead if it is to make meaningful progress on the new goal and stop ongoing forest and carbon loss.
The world is a much better place for the extra carbon being absorbed by forests, but it can never entirely offset emissions.
Paying attention to tree seed to enhance forest landscape restoration: new resources for Africa are available.
Planting a massive number of trees can help slow climate change, but it is only part of the solution.
“Will it become a wood again, how long will it take, which species will be in it?”
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Professor of Restoration Ecology, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Senior Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University
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CGIAR System Organization
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Distinguished Professor, Director of Smart Green Cities, Macquarie University
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Professor of Organisms and Environment, Cardiff University
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham
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Professor, Conservation Planning, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
