Planting trees is critical to fighting climate change, but we don't have enough baby trees: study
1 year, 7 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 to meet such ambitious plans. A team of researchers at the University of Vermont studied 605 plant nurseries across 20 states and found only 56 grow and sell seedlings in the volumes needed for successful reforestation efforts, and only 14 are government-operated. In the study, the team of researchers emphasize that a massive increase in seedling production and diversity at U.S. nurseries are necessary for any successful tree planting campaigns to happen.

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The issue with India’s tree planting schemes
8 months, 1 week 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 …

Opinion: Is planting trees on Arbor Day one way we can all fight climate change? Not so much
11 months ago

Opinion: Is planting trees on Arbor Day one way we can all fight climate change? Not so much

LA Times  

Arbor Day has its roots in the 1870s, when the horticulturist J. In a study published by Nature last year, more than 200 scientists joined Crowther in concluding that restoring and sustainably managing existing forests is the most efficient means to capture enough carbon to meet the Paris climate accord’s goals by 2030. Management practices that promote more natural conditions …

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 …

Can planting trees really help fight climate change?
1 year, 5 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Why planting trees is not going to stop climate change
2 years, 7 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 …

Biodiversity solutions also fight climate change
2 years, 9 months ago

Biodiversity solutions also fight climate change

Salon  

Mass extinction lurks beneath the surface of the sea. The study, by an international team of scientists, found that not only can we do better at addressing biodiversity issues — we can do it while also targeting climate change. "Many instances of conservation actions intended to slow, halt or reverse biodiversity loss can simultaneously slow anthropogenic climate change," the researchers …

Planting trees is not enough to save the planet
2 years, 11 months ago

Planting trees is not enough to save the planet

The Independent  

On 11 November 2019, an army of environmentally conscious Turks planted 11 million saplings at more than 2,000 sites across their country. In the near term, this means adding up to 24 million hectares of forest every year from now until 2030.” In order to encourage such tree-planting, in 2011 the German government and the International Union for Conservation of …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

UK needs to plant 1.5 billion trees to tackle climate change, government told
5 years, 7 months ago

UK needs to plant 1.5 billion trees to tackle climate change, 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. Read our privacy policy The UK will have to plant 1.5 billion trees if it is to meet its …

Climate change could be paused by planting trees, researchers say, as they map out available land
5 years, 8 months ago

Climate change could be paused by planting trees, researchers say, as they map out available land

ABC  

Planting trees to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere seems like a no-brainer in the fight against climate change. Key points: Researchers identified 0.9 billion hectares of land that is available to be reforested That could buy us a 20 year pause in climate warming Coastal ecosystems are capable of storing carbon up to 40 times faster …

Best way to fight climate change? Plant a trillion trees
5 years, 8 months ago

Best way to fight climate change? Plant a trillion trees

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The most effective way to fight global warming is to plant lots of trees, a study says. Even with existing cities and farmland, there’s enough space for new trees to cover 3.5 million square miles, they reported in Thursday’s journal Science. “This is by far — by thousands of times — the cheapest climate change solution” and the …

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 …

Best way to fight climate change? Plant trees
5 years, 11 months ago

Best way to fight climate change? Plant trees

CNN  

London CNN — What’s low-tech, sustainable and possibly the most effective thing we can do to fight climate change? “The amount of carbon that we can restore if we plant 1.2 trillion trees, or at least allow those trees to grow, would be way higher than the next best climate change solution,” Crowther told CNN. Read: Baobab tree deaths linked …

The trouble with relying on trees as carbon sink to do our global warming bidding
6 years, 1 month ago

The trouble with relying on trees as carbon sink to do our global warming bidding

Firstpost  

A new study based on satellite data was published this week in Nature Sustainability, claiming that humans have added nearly five and a half million square kilometers in tree cover or leaf area since 2000. This could be significant when it comes down to matters of reducing atmospheric carbon — a major concern today with countries setting lofty goals to …

Forests can adapt to a hotter world: Study
14 years, 4 months ago

Forests can adapt to a hotter world: Study

The Hindu  

It is generally acknowledged that a warming world will harm the world’s forests. “What we found was the opposite to what we were expecting: we didn’t find any extinction event associated with the increase in temperature, we didn’t find that the precipitation decreased.” In a study published in Science, Mr. Jaramillo and his team studied pollen grains and other biological …

Careful Where You Put That Tree
19 years, 3 months ago

Careful Where You Put That Tree

Wired  

New climate modeling research from the Carnegie Institution and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows that northern temperate forests may contribute to global warming, while tropical forests can help keep global temperatures cool. Forget planting trees to negate your SUV's contribution to global warming -- according to Stanford University atmospheric scientist Ken Caldeira, forests in the wrong location can actually make …

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