Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

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Carbon storage in nature is likely to be only temporary because it can be lost again due to human activities or disturbances such as wildfires. Image: Unsplash/Matt Howard

H. Damon Matthews

Professor and Concordia University Research Chair in Climate Science and Sustainability, Concordia University

Kirsten Zickfeld

Distinguished Professor of Climate Science, Simon Fraser University

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