Massive reforestation is key to averting a climate catastrophe

Trees are a highly effective carbon sink. Image: REUTERS/Peter Henderson
Mark Maslin
Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
Simon Lewis
Professor of Global Change Science, University of Leeds and UCL

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