Time to bring balance to the OT section, the Ying meets the Yang. This thread is for the decent human beings that believe the Earth is round and that our global situation isn't hopeless and progress can be made.
I'll begin with:
Tree planting 'has mind-blowing potential' to tackle climate crisis
Billions of trees could absorb about 2/3 of the current CO2 levels. Great idea. I don't think anybody would object to having more trees in their surroundings?
I'll begin with:
Tree planting 'has mind-blowing potential' to tackle climate crisis
The analysis found there are 1.7bn hectares of treeless land on which 1.2tn native tree saplings would naturally grow. That area is about 11% of all land and equivalent to the size of the US and China combined. Tropical areas could have 100% tree cover, while others would be more sparsely covered, meaning that on average about half the area would be under tree canopy.
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