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| Wed, 17th Feb 2021 13:55:00 |
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DEFORESTATION COULD BE COOLING THE PLANET DOWN, SAY SCIENTISTS |
More trees do not make for a cooler planet, according to a new study in the US.
One environmental scientist argues that deforestation is not always harmful for the planet. Christopher A. Williams, a professor at Clark University's Graduate School of Geography (Worcester, Massachusetts), says that instead of warming up the Earth, deforestation can actually cool it down.
But some experts are concerned that Williams' work is likely to be misconstrued as permission to continue deforesting, which is not his intention.
It's widely accepted that our existing forests are vital carbon sinks, and the best course of action is to stop deforestation, while rewilding and reforesting areas already lost.
Deforestation contributes to climate change, can cause wildfires, desertification, soil erosion and most of all - releases huge amounts of carbon dioxide which causes global warming.
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