Planting new forests could contribute more to the mitigation of climate change than previously thought, according to a new study in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union. Land use changes strongly affect the exchange of carbon between the atmosphere and the land. As a result, extending the world’s forest cover has been frequently suggested as a way to increase terrestrial carbon sinks and reduce global warming. Previous research has examined the…
Reforestation could help mitigate global warming
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