Planting millions of trees in natural grassland is largely ineffective in the battle against global warming because it adds little or no additional carbon storage.
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Planting trees to remove carbon from the atmosphere will only be effective alongside other strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The most comprehensive Australian carbon budget assessment completed to date shows the nation flip-flops from source to sink of carbon emissions, depending on the prevailing conditions.
It might seem counterintuitive to suggest timber harvesting when the goal is to restore forests, but that gives landholders the economic incentive to protect and manage forests over time.
Record emissions are fast shrinking the remaining amount of carbon dioxide we can emit if we are to limit global warming. At current rates, we’ll use up the budget for a 1.5°C outcome in seven years.
New England has thousands of miles of stone walls. A geoscientist explains why analyzing them scientifically is a solid step toward preserving them
Faith communities can use their influence and large following to fight climate change.
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.
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.
Can planting trees help us solve the climate crisis? Probably, but to what extent?
Atlantic rainforests once lined the island’s west coast – and could one day return.
Offsetting carbon emissions sounds great. In practice, it’s often used to maintain the high-emissions status quo.
New research finds nature restoration only marginally lowers global warming. This pours cold water on the idea of using carbon offsets to solve the climate crisis.
Planting trees and preventing deforestation can store carbon in nature, but the effect may only be temporary. If we also eliminate emissions from fossil fuels, even this temporary effect is important.
The answer lies in silvopastoralism, an agricultural method that attempts to mimic natural forest ecosystems with livestock added into the mix.
Plant the right trees in the right places – with the right fungal companions.
These countries’ forestry sectors have traditionally focused on developing seed systems for few commercially viable and often exotic species like Acacia or Eucalyptus.
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.
Sudbury was once known as one of the world’s most polluted cities. But it transformed itself with the help of the mining industry.
Top contributors
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
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Professor of Organisms and Environment, Cardiff University
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Professor of Climate Change Impacts, CNRS, University of Texas, University of Plymouth
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Professor of Conservation Science, Lancaster University
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Associate Fellow, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds and, UCL
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Adjunct Professor, University of New England
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Research Fellow, Climate & Energy College, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Soils and Global Change, University of Aberdeen
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham
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Senior Research Associate in Tropical Forest Ecology, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Biogeography, The University of Edinburgh
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Researcher in Ecology, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA)
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Professor and Climate Scientist, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
