In our last article about the Amazon rainforest, we examined how 2020 could be even worse for deforestation in the Amazon. However, there could be light at the end of the tunnel. In the last five years, there has been
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2020 could not have gone any worse for the Amazon forest in Brazil and Bolivia. The previous year was already hard when the forest was mostly on fire, but it has gone even worse with deforestation, says Rômulo Batista who
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The world continues to search for ways to fight climate change, and scientists are turning to forests for the answer. The belief that forests may hold the key to slowing climate change is based on the process by which trees
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Forests are the ‘green lungs’ of our planet. Without trees, life on Earth would look very different. In addition to producing clean air and oxygen, trees keep the climate of our planet stable through the removal carbon dioxide (CO2
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Global warming is the increase in temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere, caused by increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere. This can
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Planting trees to reduce CO2 is one of several proposed measures that can help with climate mitigation1.
Compared to other proposed mitigation solutions, planting trees to reduce CO2 has been thought to be the ‘most effective solution’ 2
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The question of how do forests affect climate is a nuanced one influenced by a number of factors.
Forests play a critical role in the carbon cycle due to their high sequestration capabilities1. They also help in regulating