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.
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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.
“Will it become a wood again, how long will it take, which species will be in it?”
Mass tree planting could affect precipitation patterns.
Solve the climate and extinction crises together, or solve neither.
Top contributors
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Physical Geography and Land Use Systems, Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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PhD candidate at the Centre of Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Chair, Mathematical Modelling of Climate, University of Exeter
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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Helmholtz Young Investigator group leader and deputy head, Marine Biogeosciences section at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Universität Bremen
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Agente de transfert de connaissances pour le Centre de recherche sur la boréalie (CREB), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Professor of Forest Restoration, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
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Research Associate in Climate Change Mitigation, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Plant Biology, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in Atmospheric Radiation, Composition and Climate, University of Reading