Can more trees get us out of the woods when it comes to climate change?
5 years, 10 months ago

Can more trees get us out of the woods when it comes to climate change?

The Independent  

One and a half billion. Even if the space occupied by over a billion trees isn’t as much as you might think, more woods and forests would do us the power of good. Please not the endless conifers that have dominated British plantations of the 20th century: spruce pines packed together densely, growing quickly in unvaried rows; black-green uniformed skittles – sucking up carbon dioxide to be sure, but into souls that are dark, dulled. Woods which are characterised by variety become a mirror to humanity: all life is there, in every form Inside such forests, life feels removed. Woods which are characterised by variety become a mirror to humanity: all life is there, in every form – sometimes twisted, but always affirming; rich in their changing multiplicity.

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The issue with India’s tree planting schemes
8 months, 2 weeks ago

The issue with India’s tree planting schemes

The Hindu  

The exploitation of forest resources due to uncontrolled and unsustainable practices has degraded forest landscapes. This is one reason to consider a mass-scale drive of tree planting as a silver bullet to tackle the challenges of climate change globally, by governmental and non-governmental organisations including individuals. Fancy drives, catchy slogans In recent years there has been a spurt in tree …

How many trees do we have?
1 year, 1 month ago

How many trees do we have?

The Hindu  

A detailed analysis of the earth’s trees was made a few years ago. Trees that lived millions of years ago, after being submerged in swamps and buried, slowly turned to coal, thus locking up carbon for a very long time. India’s forest cover The estimate for our own country is about 28 trees for every person. Bangladesh, where the population …

Stop Planting Trees, Says Guy Who Inspired World to Plant a Trillion Trees
1 year, 3 months ago

Stop Planting Trees, Says Guy Who Inspired World to Plant a Trillion Trees

Wired  

In a cavernous theater lit up with the green shapes of camels and palms at COP28 in Dubai, ecologist Thomas Crowther, former chief scientific adviser for the United Nations’ Trillion Trees Campaign, was doing something he never would have expected a few years ago: begging environmental ministers to stop planting so many trees. Mass plantations are not the environmental solution …

Citizen scientists observe trees to understand climate change
1 year, 4 months ago

Citizen scientists observe trees to understand climate change

Live Mint  

“I didn’t know much about climate change and how it impacted our environment until I started observing trees this year,” says Prapti Alva, one of the many students who have turned citizen scientists for SeasonWatch’s November Tree Festival this year. This annual event organised by the citizen science project, SeasonWatch, focuses on tracking common tree species and understanding the effects …

Forests key to climate fight along with cutting fossil fuels, study suggests
1 year, 4 months ago

Forests key to climate fight along with cutting fossil fuels, study suggests

The Hindu  

Restoring global forests could sequester 22 times as much carbon as the world emits in a year, according to a scientific study published on Monday, making the case that trees are a key tool in confronting the climate crisis along with cutting fossil fuels. The new findings show that, while forests can help to combat climate change, it is counterproductive …

Can planting trees really help fight climate change?
1 year, 6 months ago

Can planting trees really help fight climate change?

Al Jazeera  

Planting trees has been promoted as a method for addressing global warming, but could it do more harm than good? “I don’t plant trees,” he declared recently, wading into a debate about whether mass tree planting is really much use in fighting climate change. The claim that planting enough trees could solve the climate crisis is “complete nonsense”, he told …

Planting trees is critical to fighting climate change, but we don't have enough baby trees: study
1 year, 8 months ago

Planting trees is critical to fighting climate change, but we don't have enough baby trees: study

Salon  

By 2030, the World Economic Forum is planning on planting a trillion trees around the world in an international effort to combat climate change. But a study published in the journal Bioscience today raises concerns about a potential barrier that could endanger these efforts in the United States: tree nurseries don't have the species diversity needed or even enough trees …

House Republicans propose planting a trillion trees as they move away from climate change denial
1 year, 8 months ago

House Republicans propose planting a trillion trees as they move away from climate change denial

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We need to manage our forests better so our environment can be stronger," McCarthy …

House Republicans propose planting a trillion trees as they move away from climate change denial
1 year, 8 months ago

House Republicans propose planting a trillion trees as they move away from climate change denial

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As Speaker Kevin McCarthy visited a natural gas drilling site in northeast Ohio to promote House Republicans’ plan to sharply increase domestic production of energy from fossil fuels last month, the signs of rising global temperatures could not be ignored. “We need to manage our forests better so our environment can be stronger,” McCarthy said, adding, “Let’s replace …

Future demand for wood will undermine efforts to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions
1 year, 8 months ago

Future demand for wood will undermine efforts to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions

LA Times  

A log pile towers over a truck at a sawmill in Scotia, in Northern California, in this 2020 file photo. With the harvesting of wood expected to increase dramatically in coming decades, researchers are warning that policy officials have woefully underestimated logging’s carbon footprint — and that the widespread felling of trees will undermine efforts to reduce planet-warming emissions. During …

As climate change progresses, trees in cities struggle
2 years, 4 months ago

As climate change progresses, trees in cities struggle

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — As the driest summer in Seattle’s record books ended, trees across the city were sounding silent alarms. “If trends hold, we are going to have a lot of trees die,” said Nicholas Johnson, an arborist for Seattle City Parks. “Once these trees are established, they grow incredibly fast,” said Rick Bailey, supervisor of the city’s forest management program. …

Opinion: To help fight the climate crisis, we should plant more trees
2 years, 4 months ago

Opinion: To help fight the climate crisis, we should plant more trees

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Jad Daley is president and CEO of American Forests and a leader of the U.S. chapter of 1t.org. Leaders across the forest-climate movement, including ourselves, have always made clear that the most important step we must take to fight climate change is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Chuck Fazio Christie Hemm Klok In recent months, despite the deadly …

As climate change progresses, trees in cities struggle
2 years, 4 months ago

As climate change progresses, trees in cities struggle

LA Times  

Lisa Ciecko, a Seattle Parks and Recreation plant ecologist, looks at a tree on Oct. 7 in Seattle. Cities across the world have promised to plant more carbon-absorbing trees to help fight climate change As the driest summer in Seattle’s record books ended, trees across the city were sounding silent alarms. “Once these trees are established, they grow incredibly fast,” …

Woodland expansion for climate fight at risk from Government plans – charity
2 years, 5 months ago

Woodland expansion for climate fight at risk from Government plans – charity

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Weakening planning rules and rowing back on plans to pay farmers for woodland creation could …

Climate crisis threatening to kill off many trees that help keep cities cool
2 years, 6 months ago

Climate crisis threatening to kill off many trees that help keep cities cool

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As the planet heats up, trees could provide cities with a lot of benefits by …

TV gardening expert Kate Bradbury’s top 5 pollution-busting trees to plant
2 years, 6 months ago

TV gardening expert Kate Bradbury’s top 5 pollution-busting trees to plant

The Independent  

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Why planting trees is not going to stop climate change
2 years, 8 months ago

Why planting trees is not going to stop climate change

Live Mint  

While governments around the world are not doing nearly enough to halt climate change, there has been an almost disproportionate emphasis in popular media on quick fixes. But here’s the thing: While growing, conserving and restoring the natural habitat is a vital necessity, planting trees isn’t enough to stop climate change. In the review article Carbon Removal Using Coastal Blue …

The superpowered tree that may help fight climate change
2 years, 8 months ago

The superpowered tree that may help fight climate change

CNN  

Washington, DC CNN — The problem with trees is that they are too slow. The startup says it’s genetically modified hybrid poplar trees to grow faster so they’ll absorb more carbon dioxide and help minimize the damage of climate change. Living Carbon says if it doubles its existing acreage of planted trees every year, by 2030 it will have removed …

World Environment Day: Giving nature the right of way
2 years, 10 months ago

World Environment Day: Giving nature the right of way

Live Mint  

On my last field visit to the Aravallis, a curiously bright creature ran over my toes. Just this year, fires have seared the forests of the Sariska tiger reserve, cyclone Asani has brushed past east India, and decadal heat records have been shattered. It is interesting, then, that India is attempting to change its suite of environmental laws, including the …

The Climate Crisis is Not Just An Environmental Issue. It is a Major Health Crisis Too
2 years, 11 months ago

The Climate Crisis is Not Just An Environmental Issue. It is a Major Health Crisis Too

News 18  

“According to a recent study, climate change is responsible for approximately one-third of heat-related deaths between 1991 and 2018. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has stated that the world must restrict temperature rise to 1.5°C to avoid catastrophic health effects and prevent millions of climate change-related deaths. The climate catastrophe has the potential to reverse fifty years of gains …

Waterways charity to plant thousands of trees this spring
3 years ago

Waterways charity to plant thousands of trees this spring

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Canal and River Trust will be planting 14,000 trees in the coming weeks to create “green corridors” for …

Forests will take ‘decades to recover’ after Storm Arwen damages 8 million trees
3 years, 3 months ago

Forests will take ‘decades to recover’ after Storm Arwen damages 8 million trees

The Independent  

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Every home in Wales to be given free tree in new climate initiative
3 years, 3 months ago

Every home in Wales to be given free tree in new climate initiative

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Every household in Wales will be offered a free tree to plant in a new …

COP26: A climate solution lies right under our feet but it may not be on the agenda
3 years, 5 months ago

COP26: A climate solution lies right under our feet but it may not be on the agenda

CNN  

Rochester, England CNN — Forests have long been celebrated as the natural heroes in the fight against the climate crisis. “Whether you look at the Serengeti, the Cerrado in Brazil, whether you look at what’s left of the prairies in North America or the steppes of Mongolia – every single one of our major, iconic grassland habitats is under threat …

Climate crisis: What can trees really do for us?
3 years, 5 months ago

Climate crisis: What can trees really do for us?

Hindustan Times  

By Rob MacKenzie, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham & Rose PritchardPresidential Fellow in Social-Environmental Systems, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester: Forests are not nurtured, they have to fend for themselves. Carbon current accounts To find out, my colleagues and I at the University of Birmingham’s Institute of Forest Research use a free-air CO₂ enrichment facility. Forest carbon …

UK will not meet net zero target unless millions of trees are planted, warns Woodland Trust
3 years, 5 months ago

UK will not meet net zero target unless millions of trees are planted, warns Woodland Trust

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The scheme, supported by the People’s Postcode Lottery, will Darren Moorcroft, the trust’s chief executive, said: “Our woods are …

Old oaks learn new tricks to help fight climate change
3 years, 5 months ago

Old oaks learn new tricks to help fight climate change

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Previously, it had been thought that mature forests – those that have ceased growing vertically – could be stuck …

Tree planting rate falling in England despite climate crisis and government pledge
3 years, 7 months ago

Tree planting rate falling in England despite climate crisis and government pledge

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The rate of tree planting is falling in England despite the intensifying climate emergency and …

Tree planting could play ‘crucial role’ in helping Europe adapt to worsening droughts
3 years, 8 months ago

Tree planting could play ‘crucial role’ in helping Europe adapt to worsening droughts

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Tree planting could play a “crucial role” in helping European countries adapt to worsening droughts …

UK failing to plant enough trees despite government’s climate pledge, figures show
3 years, 9 months ago

UK failing to plant enough trees despite government’s climate pledge, figures show

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In total, the area of woodland in the UK on 31 March 2021 was estimated to be 3.23 million …

Enormous tree-planting push will turn farmland into forests to hit net-zero goals
3 years, 10 months ago

Enormous tree-planting push will turn farmland into forests to hit net-zero goals

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The new trees will also play a crucial role in the fight against climate change, supporting the UK’s journey …

Climate crisis: UK’s woodlands under threat and reaching ‘crisis point’, report warns
3 years, 11 months ago

Climate crisis: UK’s woodlands under threat and reaching ‘crisis point’, report warns

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Britain’s native woodlands are approaching “crisis point” and are under siege from a variety of …

We’ve got carbon capture all wrong
3 years, 11 months ago

We’ve got carbon capture all wrong

Wired  

The fact remains, though, that trees are carbon guzzlers. Given that forests cover 31 per cent of global land area – around 4 billion hectares – that’s a lot of stored carbon. “If we don’t know how much carbon is even stored in the Earth’s forests, let alone how it’s changing with deforestation and whatnot, that’s a massive uncertainty for …

Stronger, frequent forest fires effecting tree's carbon sink capabilities: Study
4 years, 1 month ago

Stronger, frequent forest fires effecting tree's carbon sink capabilities: Study

Firstpost  

Stronger and more frequent wildfires are reducing forests’ ability to store carbon in a trend that will likely not be offset by planting new trees, a study said Thursday. Because not all areas are suitable for mass reforestation, and because the long-term impact of fires take decades to gauge, the team said simply replanting the trees would likely fail to …

Planting Trees Sounds Like A Simple Climate Fix. It's Anything But.
4 years, 1 month ago

Planting Trees Sounds Like A Simple Climate Fix. It's Anything But.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A peat bog forms over thousands of years as plants decay into a dense, dark, soggy soil that traps their carbon content within. Putting The ‘Plan’ In Tree Planting Tree planting initiatives have “to be done very carefully to avoid perverse effects,” said Eric Lambin, environmental sciences professor at Stanford University. “If you plant a bunch of …

Rewilding: Allow trees to plant themselves to boost biodiversity and sequester more carbon, report says
4 years, 3 months ago

Rewilding: Allow trees to plant themselves to boost biodiversity and sequester more carbon, report says

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Instead of tree planting programmes, conservationists should allow the natural regrowth of forests to become …

Tree planting in England still below level needed to tackle climate crisis, campaigners warn
4 years, 4 months ago

Tree planting in England still below level needed to tackle climate crisis, campaigners warn

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Tree planting in England is still far below the level needed to tackle the climate …

Britain needs more trees to fight the climate crisis, could sheep farms be the answer?
4 years, 6 months ago

Britain needs more trees to fight the climate crisis, could sheep farms be the answer?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As we found in our new research, there’s even a solid economic case for sheep farmers to …

Carbon Dioxide Makes Trees Live Fast, Die Young. Here's Why That's Bad News
4 years, 6 months ago

Carbon Dioxide Makes Trees Live Fast, Die Young. Here's Why That's Bad News

News 18  

Trees that grow quickly die younger, risking a release of carbon dioxide that challenges forecasts that forests will continue to be a “sink” for planet-warming emissions, scientists said Tuesday. But in the study, led by England’s Leeds University and published in the journal Nature Communications, they warned that this faster growth was also linked to trees dying younger — suggesting …

Trees are the most powerful, natural tool we have to fight climate change. They deserve our protection
4 years, 9 months ago

Trees are the most powerful, natural tool we have to fight climate change. They deserve our protection

The Independent  

Trees eat CO2 for breakfast, but they are much more than carbon sponges with bark. So, the government’s plans for the first ever tree strategy for England must work not just for the climate, but for nature and people too. Firstly, we need to plant different types of trees for different purposes, with targets for native woodland, riverside planting, natural …

Planting More Trees Not a Solution to Climate Change, May Harm Environment
4 years, 9 months ago

Planting More Trees Not a Solution to Climate Change, May Harm Environment

News 18  

Climate change has become a huge problem for the world. However, two new studies have suggested that planting more trees may harm the environment, instead of benefiting it. The two studies published in the journal Nature Sustainability found that large-scale tree planting is not a simple solution to climate change. The subsidy was not intended for existing forests, but, owing …

Arsenal's Hector Bellerin pledges 3000 trees for every win
4 years, 9 months ago

Arsenal's Hector Bellerin pledges 3000 trees for every win

The Hindu  

Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin has said he will ensure 3,000 trees are planted for every victory by his team over the rest of the season to highlight the need to tackle climate change. “For every game we win this season, I will plant 3,000 trees to help combat the carbon emissions issues we have,” the Spain international said on Twitter. …

Trees are 'getting shorter due to climate change'
4 years, 10 months ago

Trees are 'getting shorter due to climate change'

Daily Mail  

Trees are getting shorter due to climate change with their size dropping drastically over the last century alone, a landmark study has claimed. Meanwhile, rising carbon dioxide levels have offered little respite to older trees as they only increase growth in young forests with abundant nutrients and water. The introduction of managed woodland, pictured, will also change the appearance of …

Planting trees doesn’t always help with climate change
4 years, 10 months ago

Planting trees doesn’t always help with climate change

BBC  

Planting trees doesn’t always help with climate change Getty Images Reforestation is seen as a way to help cool the climate, sucking excess warming carbon out of the atmosphere. Getty Images Planting trees can play a part in reducing carbon in the atmosphere – but it cannot reverse global warming on its own However, the trees’ emissions can also lead …

Older forests have a limit to how much CO2 they absorb, planting new forests could help in fight against climate change
4 years, 11 months ago

Older forests have a limit to how much CO2 they absorb, planting new forests could help in fight against climate change

Firstpost  

Can’t we just plant more trees, convert our empty lands into forests and wish away global warming? “Just as we expected, the trees took in about 12 percent more carbon under the enriched CO2 conditions,” said Belinda Medlyn, Professor at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, i n a statement. According to a statement by the University, “the extra carbon …

Can trees help climate change? 植树是否有助于应对气候变化？
5 years ago

Can trees help climate change? 植树是否有助于应对气候变化？

China Daily  

Can trees help climate change? 植树是否有助于应对气候变化？ 本集内容 Can trees help climate change? 谢尔比·巴伯 种植者 “这是完全有可能的，只要有足够的人和合适的人群。我个人在三年内就种下了50多万棵树。” Once planted the trees need to survive, and experts are mixing different types to minimise the risk of disease. 突然间出现了一种大规模植树的势头，而规模之大是前所未见的。所以，重要的是要用确保森林茁壮生长的方式来植树，使其真正地有助于应对气候变化。 词汇 experiment 实验 instruments 仪器，器械 tracks 追踪记录 monitored 被监测 don't put all your eggs in one basket 别孤注一掷 问题答案 Because experts want to minimise the …

US Republican climate plan seeks to absorb – not cut – emissions
5 years, 1 month ago

US Republican climate plan seeks to absorb – not cut – emissions

Al Jazeera  

Lawmakers advocate planting one trillion trees to help remove carbon from the air. Instead, Republicans in Congress will introduce legislation that seeks to plant one trillion trees by 2050 with the goal of sucking carbon out of the air – an approach that gives a nod to rising voter demand for action on climate change, but would not disrupt an …

Cover one-fifth of UK in trees to save climate and revive wildlife, government told
5 years, 2 months ago

Cover one-fifth of UK in trees to save climate and revive wildlife, government told

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The government’s advisory Committee on Climate Change has said up to 19 per cent of the country needs to …

Planting trees to tackle climate change might feel nice, but it could be doing more harm than good
5 years, 4 months ago

Planting trees to tackle climate change might feel nice, but it could be doing more harm than good

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the wise words of the …

YouTubers (and Elon Musk) want to plant millions of trees. Will it help fight climate change?
5 years, 5 months ago

YouTubers (and Elon Musk) want to plant millions of trees. Will it help fight climate change?

Wired  

Pakin Songmor / Getty Images / WIRED How many trees would it take to stop global heating? Other influencers quickly piled on: Jeffree Star donated $50,000, and PewDiePie donated $69,420 saying, “This is from the 9 year olds.” Twenty million may seem like a lot of trees, but on the grand scheme of things it isn’t actually that many. According …

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