Trillions of trees

[David B. Benson]

The Radical Case for Growing Hugh Swaths of Bamboo in North America
Audrey Grey
2021 Jan 11
Inside Climate News
insideclimatenews.org/news/11012021/the-radical-case-for-growing-huge-swaths-bamboo-in-north-america/

Grows fast, needs heavy pruning. The cut bamboo fills many roles as structural material.

[David B. Benson]

Forests Absorb Twice As Much Carbon As They Emit Each Year
Nancy Harris & David Gibbs
2021 Jan 21
Cleantechnica.com
cleantechnica.com/2021/01/21/forests-absorb-twice-as-much-carbon-as-they-emit-each-year/

The Congo tropical rainforest is the only strong absorber left.

[David B. Benson]

Scientists address myths over large-scale tree planting
Helen Briggs
2021 Jan 25
BBC News
www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55795816

Emphasis on restoration.

[David B. Benson]

The Real Cost of Planting Trees
Lauren E. Oakes
2021 Jan 29
Scientific American
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-real-cost-of-planting-trees/

Varies at least ten to one.

[David B. Benson]

Trees That Live Fast, Die Young and Mess with Climate Models
Mehgie Rodriguez
2021 Jan 27
Eos
eos.org/articles/trees-that-live-fast-die-young-and-mess-with-climate-model

Too much CO2 too soon.

[David B. Benson]

NASA satellites help quantify forest impacts on the global carbon budget
2021 Feb 05
Phys.org
phys.org/news/2021-02-nasa-satellites-quantify-forest-impacts.html

Definitely net negative.

[David B. Benson]

Biologists uncover forests' unexpected role in climate change
2021 Feb 09
Phys.org
phys.org/news/2021-02-biologists-uncover-forests-unexpected-role.html

Greater CO2 uptake than in prior studies.

[David B. Benson]

More trees do not always create a cooler planet, geographer finds
2021 Feb 12
Phys.org
phys.org/news/2021-02-trees-cooler-planet-geographer.html

Albedo effect in study of USA.

[David B. Benson]

What Would Planting 100 Million Trees Per Week Do in 5, 50, & 500 Years?
Michael Bernard
2021 Feb 16
CleanTechnica
cleantechnica.com/2021/02/16/what-would-planting-100-million-trees-per-week-do-in-5-50-500-years/

Oh. My.
A Good Read.

[David B. Benson]

Forests' long-term capacity to store carbon is dropping in regions with extreme annual fires
2021 Feb 25
Phys.org
phys.org/news/2021-02-forests-long-term-capacity-carbon-regions.html

Regions annually, not each forest.

[David B. Benson]

Legume trees key to supporting tropical forest growth
2021 Mar 08
Phys.org
phys.org/news/2021-03-legume-trees-key-tropical-forest.html

Able to fix nitrogen. Surely the same for temperate forest regrowth.

[David B. Benson]

Desert country Jordan aims for green with 10-million tree campaign
Mussa Hattar
2021 Mar 10
Phys.org
phys.org/news/2021-03-country-jordan-aims-green-million.html

Every little bit...

[David B. Benson]

To Zero Out Emissions, Chile Must Rethink Its Forestry Policy
Valentina Fuentes & Laura Millan Lombrana
BNN Bloomberg
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/to-zero-out-emissions-chile-must-rethink-its-forestry-industry-1.1578814

Chile cuts more than plants.

[David B. Benson]

Recreating the perfect tide to protect coastal wetlands from rising sea levels
Neil Martin
2021 Mar 19
Phys.org
phys.org/news/2021-03-recreating-tide-coastal-wetlands-sea.html

Claims this stores more carbon per hectare than tropical rainforest.

[David B. Benson]

Soils or plants will absorb more CO2 as carbon levels rise --- but not both
2021 Mar 24
Phys.org
phys.org/news/2021-03-soils-absorb-co2-carbon-risebut.html

Claims trees deplete soil carbon in the quest for other nutrients.

[David B. Benson]

Old-growth forest carbon sinks overestimated
2021 Mar 25
Phys.org
phys.org/news/2021-03-old-growth-forest-carbon-overestimated.html

Trees eventually die, releasing carbon, etc.

[David B. Benson]

Climate change: Consumer poses 'growing threat' to tropical forests
Matt McGrath
2021 Mar 29
BBC News
www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56566377

Consumers, not just one, cause 4 trees each to be cut to make way for coffee, cocoa and other products.

[David B. Benson]

Countries can transform climate crisis with ocean-based action
Waldemar Coutts
2021 Apr 19
Mongabay
news.mongabay.com/2021/04/countries-can-transform-the-climate-crisis-with-ocean-based-action-commentary/

According to Mr. Coutts, far more effective than planting trees.

[David B. Benson]

Understanding restoration: Mitigating impacts of land-use in the savannah
Matt Davenport
2021 Apr 20
Phys.org
phys.org/news/2021-04-mitigating-impacts-land-use-savannah.html

In this study, thinning trees.

[huon]

Silent Forests
James Hansen
11 May 2021
James Hansen's website, Columbia University
www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2021/20210611_SilentForests.pdf

The benefits of letting burned forests regenerate naturally.

"If we work with nature, instead of against it, natural processes will be a big part of the climate solution."

[David B. Benson]

Why planting trees isn't enough to solve climate change
Carolyn Grambling
2021 Jul 09
Science News
www.sciencenews.org/article/planting-trees-climate-change-carbon-capture-deforestation

Have to nurture the seedings, chose proper species and much more.

[David B. Benson]

New measure of tropical forest vulnerability to help avoid ‘tipping point’
2021 Jul 23
Phys.org
phys.org/news/2021-07-tropical-forest-vulnerability.html

Amazon and Southeast Asia more vulnerable than Congo.

[David B. Benson]

Planting forests may cool the planet more than thought
2021 Aug 10
Phys.org
phys.org/news/2021-08-forests-cool-planet-thought.html

Clouds offset albedo change.

[David B. Benson]

Plan to plant a billion trees yet to take root three yers after target set
Angus Mackintosh
2021 Aug 31
ABC Australia 
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2021-08-31/slow-progress-on-plan-to-plant-billion-trees/100421414

A trillion is a thousand billion.

[David B. Benson]

One-in-three trees face extinction in the wild, says new report 
Helen Briggs
2021 Aug 31
BBC News
www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58394215

Headline is rather misleading, it being 30% of tree species.