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 than forests and should also be considered, expert says Now new research published today in Science estimates there's enough suitable unused land on the globe for reforestation to store around 205 gigatonnes of carbon. "When you think about tree restoration, it's not only about fighting climate change it's also about maintaining ecosystems," he said. "If you're a carbon offset provider you're going to think, 'I can store the same amount of carbon in a fortieth of the land area'," he said.

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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 …

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 …

In 2021, leaders pledged to end deforestation. Instead, forests are dying
1 year, 5 months ago

In 2021, leaders pledged to end deforestation. Instead, forests are dying

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. “That 2030 goal is not just nice to have, it’s essential for maintaining a livable climate for humanity,” said …

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 …

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 …

5 Simple Ways To Fight Climate Change In 2023
2 years, 2 months ago

5 Simple Ways To Fight Climate Change In 2023

News 18  

It is evident that teenage activists like Greta Thunberg have had a significant impact on the discussion of climate change. Consume and waste less Heedless consumption generates enormous waste and as per CNN’s December 2022 report, India has more than 3,100 landfills, with the biggest standing at 65 metre.These landfills let out methane gas, a more potent greenhouse gas than …

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,” …

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 …

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 …

World Environment Day: Giving nature the right of way
2 years, 9 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 …

Yes, you can save lives by planting trees, a new study says
2 years, 10 months ago

Yes, you can save lives by planting trees, a new study says

Salon  

It's hard not to love trees. Now, a recent study has found that boosting urban greenery — including trees, shrubs, and other plants — could also save tens of thousands of lives in cities across the country. "One of the primary questions that urban planners ask is where should they implement greening, and can we quantify the impact of greening …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Can the Great Green Wall save China from the climate crisis?
3 years, 6 months ago

Can the Great Green Wall save China from the climate crisis?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Lines of trees next to a road mark the border between …

Activists Call It A ‘False Solution.’ But UN Scientists Say We Need To Suck Up CO2.
3 years, 7 months ago

Activists Call It A ‘False Solution.’ But UN Scientists Say We Need To Suck Up CO2.

Huff Post  

A firefighter yells while battling a forest fire in Greece. “We will fail to hit 1.5 degrees without CO2 removal,” said Julio Friedmann, a senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, referring to the threshold beyond which climate change is forecast to be devastating. One paper, published last summer by the University of Sheffield, suggested the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Want to stop climate change? Look to farms and forests
4 years, 5 months ago

Want to stop climate change? Look to farms and forests

LA Times  

Building housing in city centers, rather than carving new subdivisions into undisturbed landscapes. And together, they could play a huge role in California’s efforts to lead the world in fighting climate change, according to a report released today by scientists at the Nature Conservancy. Here’s a chart featured in the Nature Conservancy’s report, showing projected carbon storage in California’s “natural …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Trump’s desperate embrace of ‘one trillion trees’ (opinion)
5 years, 1 month ago

Trump’s desperate embrace of ‘one trillion trees’ (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: John D. Sutter is a CNN contributor and a National Geographic Explorer. “To protect the environment, days ago I announced that the United States will join the One Trillion Trees Initiative, an ambitious effort to bring together government and private sector to plant new trees in America and all around the world,” Trump said on Tuesday. “Planting trees …

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, 4 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 …

Technology won't save us from climate change
5 years, 7 months ago

Technology won't save us from climate change

Salon  

If the Roman Republic understood the conditions that caused climate change, they could have easily put a stop to it. That idea — that an ancient civilization with no electricity and no technological-industrial complex akin to Silicon Valley could solve climate change — might sound sacrilegious to the sophistic entrepreneurs and their journalistic lackeys who invest in these kinds of …

UK needs to plant 1.5 billion trees to tackle climate change, government told
5 years, 8 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 …

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

How to fight climate change? Plant a trillion trees

India Today  

A recent study has suggested that the process of reforestation around the world would be the most effective method to combat climate change. Findings of the study The researchers calculated that under the current climate conditions, Earth's land could support 4.4 billion hectares of continuous tree cover. Our study shows clearly that forest restoration is the best climate change solution …

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 …

Restoring forests could capture two-thirds of carbon humans have added to the atmosphere
5 years, 8 months ago

Restoring forests could capture two-thirds of carbon humans have added to the atmosphere

CNN  

CNN — Restoring the world’s lost forests could remove two thirds of all the planet-warming carbon that is in the atmosphere because of human activity, according to a new study. crowther lab ‘Most effective solution’ The researchers say their data shows global tree restoration to be the most effective way to tackle climate change. Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of …

Trees could reduce carbon in the atmosphere to levels not seen in nearly 100 years
5 years, 8 months ago

Trees could reduce carbon in the atmosphere to levels not seen in nearly 100 years

LA Times  

Early-morning joggers pass through a grove near the Presidio Golf Course in San Francisco. And if we planted a whole lot more of them in just the right places, they could reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere to levels not seen in nearly 100 years, researchers say. After examining more than 70,000 high-quality satellite photos of trees from …

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 …

This One Idea Can Save Us From Climate Breakdown, Say Campaigners
5 years, 11 months ago

This One Idea Can Save Us From Climate Breakdown, Say Campaigners

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As the implications of climate change become starker and the world faces up to a biodiversity crisis that threatens humanity’s existence, a group of campaigners from across the world are saying there is one clear way to get us out of this mess, but that governments are ignoring it. In an open letter published in the British …

Countries accused of using ‘cynical trick’ to restore forests that does not tackle climate change
5 years, 11 months ago

Countries accused of using ‘cynical trick’ to restore forests that does not tackle 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. “To most people forest restoration means bringing back natural forests, but policy makers are calling vast monocultures ‘forest restoration’. …

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