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An ambitious new analysis of the world’s forests found that there’s space to plant 1.2 trillion new trees — a number that would absorb more carbon<\/a> than human emissions.<\/p> According to the new data, ETH Zurich researcher Thomas Crowther told The Independent<\/em><\/a>, trees are “our most powerful weapon in the fight against climate change.”<\/p> Crowther told the Independent <\/em>that the new analysis, which he presented at a conference<\/a> this weekend, suggests that a worldwide tree-planting spree would have a greater impact on the planet’s environment than building wind turbines or vegetarian diets — an effort, he says, that could cancel a decade of greenhouse emissions.<\/p> “There’s 400 gigatons now, in the 3 trillion trees, and if you were to scale that up by another trillion trees that’s in the order of hundreds of gigatons captured from the atmosphere — at least 10 years of anthropogenic emissions completely wiped out,” he told the newspaper.<\/p> Unlike high tech solutions to climate change like carbon capture systems, Crowther argued, trees are nice because anyone can plant one.<\/p> “It’s a beautiful thing because everyone can get involved,” he told The Independent<\/em>. “Trees literally just make people happier in urban environments, they improve air quality, water quality, food quality, ecosystem service, it’s such an easy, tangible thing.”<\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> Massive restoration of world’s forests would cancel out a decade of CO2 emissions, analysis suggests<\/a> [The Independent<\/i>]<\/p><\/div> More on trees: <\/em><\/strong>Swarms of Drones Can Now Plant Trees in Areas Devastated by Fires<\/a><\/p><\/div> The post Research: Planting Trillions of Trees Could Cancel Out CO2 Emissions<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> See the article here: Fresh Air An ambitious new analysis of the world\u2019s forests found that there\u2019s space to plant 1.2 trillion new trees\u00a0\u2014 a number that would absorb more carbon than human emissions. According to the new data, ETH Zurich researcher Thomas Crowther told The Independent , trees are \u201cour most powerful weapon in the fight against climate change.\u201d Wiped Out Crowther told the Independent that the new analysis, which he presented at a conference this weekend, suggests that a worldwide tree-planting spree would have a greater impact on the planet\u2019s environment than building wind turbines or vegetarian diets\u00a0\u2014 an effort, he says, that could cancel a decade of greenhouse emissions. \u201cThere\u2019s 400 gigatons now, in the 3 trillion trees, and if you were to scale that up by another trillion trees that\u2019s in the order of hundreds of gigatons captured from the atmosphere\u00a0\u2014 at least 10 years of anthropogenic emissions completely wiped out,\u201d he told the newspaper. Continue reading Wiped Out<\/h2>
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