Can Trees Offset Carbon Footprint?
Tags: TREE planting; FORESTS & forestry; GLOBAL warming; LAWRENCE Livermore National Laboratory; CLIMATIC changes
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- Less forest please. // New Scientist;4/14/2007, Vol. 194 Issue 2599, p6
The article discusses a research at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in California which modeled deforestation. The study found that dark forest canopies can trap more heat at higher altitudes and that tundra or snow covered ground is better at reflecting the sun's rays. The study was...
- Nature's Tipping Point. Gangloff, Deborah // American Forests;Spring2006, Vol. 112 Issue 1, p5
The article presents the author's comments on the role of planting trees in combating global warming. The author says that corporations are planting trees to sequester carbon and offset their business's contribution to global climate change. While big trees don't sequester carbon as fast as...
- Forestry: Planting the forest of the future. Marris, Emma // Nature;6/18/2009, Vol. 459 Issue 7249, p906
The article discusses the effort of British Columbian forester Greg O'Neill to answer the issue debated by conservation biologists whether to move organisms threatened by the warming climate. It states that O'Neill's initiative involves a move to determine whether moving trees north will enable...
- The role of climate variability and global warming in the dieback ofnorthern hardwoods Revenga, Carmen; Lill, John T.; Auclair, Allan N. D. // Water, Air & Soil Pollution;Oct1996, Vol. 91 Issue 3/4, p163
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- Tree planting: symbolic or valuable. Neilson, Tony // Inwood;May/Jun2007, Issue 74, p3
The author reflects on issues related to tree planting. He comments on the debate regarding climate change and its likely impact on future land use management in New Zealand and Australia. He discusses a study by Professor Ken Caldeira, from the Carnegie Institute of Washington in California,...
- Forests Branch Out. Carney, Elizabeth // Scholastic News -- Edition 4;1/8/2007, Vol. 69 Issue 12, p6
The article reports that forests are expanding despite deforestation. Forests are very important for the environment. They provides a home for different types of plants and animals. They also hold soil in place which helps in preventing global warming. Experts assert that some of the reasons for...
- NEWS OF NOTE. // American Forests;Summer2006, Vol. 112 Issue 2, p14
The article presents news briefs related to forestry. Increased levels of carbon dioxide are reported to have triggered growth in poison ivy at double the normal rate. France's forests have increased in area by a third over the last five decades, due to reforestation programs funded by private...
- Running Out of Air. Epstein, Jack // Latin Trade (English);Nov2006, Vol. 14 Issue 11, p22
The article focuses on the condition of forests in the world. The destruction of tropical forests is the second leading cause of climate change behind fossil-fuel emissions but what is alarming is the second year of a serious drought in the Amazon rain forest, which some scientists say is due to...
- Evergreen? Kovner, Kristin // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);6/16/2003, Vol. 141 Issue 24, p6
Discusses global warming. Regional climate changes over the past two decades which have spurred a six percent increase in plant growth around the world; Statements made by Ramakrisna Nemani, of the University of Montana's School of Forestry; Study co-authored by Nemani that is published the...
