Planting trees won’t offset CO₂ emissions: study

Researchers conclude carbon sinks are an important part of the solution, but no substitute for deep cuts in emissions.

from Science Daily

"Leading world climate change experts have thrown cold water on the idea that planting trees can offset carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels.

"Professor Brendan Mackey of Griffith University Climate Change Response Program is the lead author of an international study involving researchers from Australia and the U.K. Their findings are reported in 'Untangling the confusion around land carbon science and climate change mitigation policy,' published in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change.

"'While protecting and restoring natural forests is part of the solution, the reality is that for all practical purposes fossil fuel CO2 emissions are irreversible,' Professor Mackey said. …"

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