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Planting Trees to Offset Climate Change - Location Matters

rubycodez
Fri Dec 15 17:43:10 -0800 2006
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Researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Lab and Carnegie Institution of Washington have modeled the effects of planting trees at various latitudes to combat global warming, and found that the tropics are the best location, while planting at the higher latitudes has zero or little effectiveness.  At higher latitudes where there is snow cover in winters, forests were found to be counter-productive!

The issue when considering mitigating global warming has to do with tree's ability to trap heat near the ground, the scientists found.

Planting Trees to Offset Climate Change - Location Matters
bill_mcgonigle
Tue Dec 19 11:12:58 -0800 2006
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So, cutting down the Canadian forests would help with Global Warming? OK, I'll go order another pallet of plywood.
 

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