Sustainable Development
What would happen to the climate if we reforested the entire tropics?
Scientists have simulated total reforestation in the tropics. The model predicts that the oceans, soil and vegetation would absorb less carbon dioxide.
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Massive reforestation is key to averting a climate catastrophe
New research suggests that reforesting the planet offers us the greatest current opportunity to mitigate climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Future of the Environment
European colonisation of the Americas might have caused global cooling, according to new research
The collapse of farming as a result of the new diseases explorers brought to the Americas might even have changed the climate, according to new research.