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Washington Post
13 hours ago
- Science
- Washington Post
Want to plant trees to offset fossil fuels? You'd need all of North and Central America, study finds
Planting trees has plenty of benefits, but this popular carbon-removal method alone can't possibly counteract the planet-warming emissions caused by the world's largest fossil-fuel companies. To do that, trees would have to cover the entire land mass of North and Central America, according to a study out Thursday. Many respected climate scientists and institutions say removing carbon emissions — not just reducing them — is essential to tackling climate change. And trees remove carbon simply by 'breathing.' But crunching the numbers, researchers found that the trees' collective ability to remove carbon through photosynthesis can't stand up to the potential emissions from the fossil fuel reserves of the 200 largest oil, gas and coal fuel companies — there's not enough available land on Earth to feasibly accomplish that.
ABC News
29-05-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
Here's how the Indian Ocean Dipole works
You're probably familiar with El Nino, but there's another climate driver in town, and researchers say it has an even more powerful impact on Australia.
CBC
07-05-2025
- Science
- CBC
'Unprecedented' climate exposures for people born in 2020
Extreme climate events like intense heat waves and floods will be a regular feature in the lives of younger generations, according to new research that modeled different climate scenarios by birth cohorts.
