Climate Central: Plant a tree. Preserve a forest. Save the Earth from climate change?
It's of course much more complicated than that, and slowing the tide of climate change will take a lot more than saving trees from chainsaws. But a new study highlights how critical forests may be, especially in the tropics, in absorbing human-caused carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and mitigating climate change.
A stream through a tropical forest. Studies show tropical forests may become more efficient at storing carbon as...