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Why planting trees won t solve the climate crisis As Insider reported, protecting forests and planting trees is important, but studies indicate that it s not enough to singularly solve climate change. The planet doesn t contain enough space for trees that would solve the climate crisis, and extreme heat could cause the deaths of large amounts of the tropical canopy. The lar #climateaction gest 1 per cent of trees contain half of all the carbon. This means that while young trees planted now will be important in the future, it will take them a long time to catch up with older forests’ ability to store carbon. That is why we need to prioritise protecting and restoring existing forests.  Not only is the carbon sequestration of new forests slow, but it is also not guaranteed over the long term. Trees only capture carbon while they are alive. Trees can die and they can burn, whether due to bushfires or being cut down for firewood. In these cases, all that carbon is returned to the atmosphere, which means the carbon captured during the tree’s lifetime has been for nothing. To keep the carbon out of the atmosphere we need long-term uses of the wood, such as in construction.  Tree planting schemes often fail too. In Turkey, 11 million trees were planted in November 2019 as part of a mass planting effort. Three months later, up to 90 per cent of the saplings were dead.  . . . . . #plants #tree #planting #discovery #india #facts #atmosphere #earth #climatechange #climate #pollution #

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