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As world leaders gather at COP29 to consider reducing emissions, the latest global carbon budget shows CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels are still going up, not down, despite some promising signs.
It’s vital we find cost-effective ways to get and keep more trees in the ground. Our research looked at where natural regeneration is likely to be successful due to environmental conditions.
Deforestation can make landslides more likely. But by itself, replanting trees isn’t enough to remove the risk.
In Madagascar, communities and scientists are growing tens of thousands of baobab seedlings to restore the 1,000-year-old forests.
Planting millions of trees in natural grassland is largely ineffective in the battle against global warming because it adds little or no additional carbon storage.
Planting trees to remove carbon from the atmosphere will only be effective alongside other strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The most comprehensive Australian carbon budget assessment completed to date shows the nation flip-flops from source to sink of carbon emissions, depending on the prevailing conditions.
It might seem counterintuitive to suggest timber harvesting when the goal is to restore forests, but that gives landholders the economic incentive to protect and manage forests over time.
Record emissions are fast shrinking the remaining amount of carbon dioxide we can emit if we are to limit global warming. At current rates, we’ll use up the budget for a 1.5°C outcome in seven years.
New England has thousands of miles of stone walls. A geoscientist explains why analyzing them scientifically is a solid step toward preserving them
Faith communities can use their influence and large following to fight climate change.
Climate modelling that best accounts for the processes that sustain plant life predicts plants could absorb up to 20% more CO₂ than the simplest version predicted.
Native trees have been found at new heights in the Scottish Highlands, demonstrating how mountain woodland could recover from deforestation – benefiting humans, wildlife and climate issues.
Can planting trees help us solve the climate crisis? Probably, but to what extent?
Atlantic rainforests once lined the island’s west coast – and could one day return.
Offsetting carbon emissions sounds great. In practice, it’s often used to maintain the high-emissions status quo.
New research finds nature restoration only marginally lowers global warming. This pours cold water on the idea of using carbon offsets to solve the climate crisis.
Planting trees and preventing deforestation can store carbon in nature, but the effect may only be temporary. If we also eliminate emissions from fossil fuels, even this temporary effect is important.
The answer lies in silvopastoralism, an agricultural method that attempts to mimic natural forest ecosystems with livestock added into the mix.
Top contributors
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Helmholtz Young Investigator group leader and deputy head, Marine Biogeosciences section at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Universität Bremen
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Physical Geography and Land Use Systems, Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Chair, Mathematical Modelling of Climate, University of Exeter
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Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science, University of East Anglia
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Agente de transfert de connaissances pour le Centre de recherche sur la boréalie (CREB), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Professor of Forest Restoration, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
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Lecturer in Atmospheric Radiation, Composition and Climate, University of Reading
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Research Associate in Climate Change Mitigation, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Plant Biology, University of Sheffield
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Agua Salud Project, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Smithsonian Institution
