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July 2019 Feature: Planting Trees |
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by Aaditya Saha | 06-07-2019 05:23
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The world today has approximately 3 trillion trees, but scientists say planting a trillion more trees globally could be the single most effective way to fight climate change. According to a new study in the journal Science, planting billions of trees around the world would be the cheapest and most effective way to tackle the climate crisis. Since trees absorb carbon dioxide, which contributes to global warming, a worldwide planting initiative could remove a substantial portion of heat-trapping emissions from the atmosphere. The researchers say a program at this scale could remove about two-thirds of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions caused by human activities since the start of the industrial revolution, or nearly 25% of the CO2 in the atmosphere.
The scientists used Google Earth mapping to figure out that there is enough space globally to plant more than a trillion trees, possibly a trillion and a half, without interfering with existing farmland or cities. According to the study, an area of trees about the size of the United States could scrub 205 billion metric tons of carbon from the atmosphere — out of the roughly 300 billion metric tons of man-made carbon pollution produced over the past 25 years. He stressed the need for urgent action, given how rapidly climate change is already progressing, and said tree planting would have near-immediate results, since trees remove more carbon when they are younger. Russia, the United States, Canada, Australia, Brazil and China have the most available room for reforestation. Rather than adding trees in these areas, trees are being cut down on a massive scale. Deforestation is a major concern in the Amazon for example, where acres of rainforests are being cut down every day to make room for agriculture. There's as much carbon captured and stored in all the trees of the Amazon as the amount the entire planet has emitted over the past 10 years. Cut those trees down, and we effectively double the heat-trapping gases of the past decade. So while reforestation may be the best solution, halting deforestation and reducing animal agriculture would also provide immediate benefits. According to Crowther, “it's not a be-all and end-all solution.” Crowther said we still need to stop burning oil, coal and gas to tackle the climate crisis. Stanford University environmental scientist Chris Field, who wasn't involved in the study, told AP its findings make sense but acting on it wouldn't be easy.
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6448/76.full https://apnews.com/8ac33686b64a4fbc991997a72683b1c5 |
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6 Comments
Hello Aaditya
I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your works.
Thank you for your report about Planting Trees. Trees are solution to most of our environmental problems and very important to plant the tree.
Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Regards,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 24-07-2019 02:07
Hi Aaditya!
I hope you are well!
I also concur in the notion to planting more trees to aid in reducing air pollution. It is amazing how much research into ensuring a secured Earth can bring forth cost-friendly solutions to the issue of global warming and resultantly bring about enriching the earth with cleaner air for all.
Thank you for reporting Aaditya! Well done and continue with your work!
With gratitude,
Rosa Tiimuma Domingos
Posted 20-07-2019 20:59
Hi Aaditya,
Thank you for your time in writing this report, but it is disappointing to see that this report is actually from an external source which is CBS news (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/planting-a-trillion-trees-could-be-the-most-effective-solution-to-climate-change/). This is the plagiarism, and thus I would like you to rewrite our rephrase this report in your own words. Meanwhile, this report will not be counted as submission. Thanks.
Louis Mentor
Posted 16-07-2019 22:41
Planting tree ls like serving humanity
Posted 14-07-2019 04:11
Hello Aaditya
You're right. Planting trees is known to be the most cost-effective way to tackle air pollution and climate change in many countries. It's very surprising that there is enough space globally to plant more than a trillion trees, possibly a trillion and a half, without interfering with existing farmland or cities. It will be very helpful if we can come up with an idea that can encourage people to start growing tees. Thank you for sharing this report. : )
Wonhee Mentor
Posted 11-07-2019 22:02
Thats cool and wonderful Idea.. by cutting down trees the polluted air Will be taken and stored in our lungs and we shall begin/continue suffering from lung cancer and heart diseases.. the responsibility lays upon every human being to plant a tree atleast per person. The trees consume carbon dioxide to make their food. Atleast for certain percentage Will be apart lung cancer and heart diseases.
Posted 07-07-2019 10:02