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Shorter lifespan of faster-growing trees will add to climate crisis, study finds

Trees grow faster in warmer conditions, and this should act as a natural brake on global heating, as they take up and store more carbon…

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Climate change: Planting new forests ‘can do more harm than good’

One paper says that financial incentives to plant trees can backfire and reduce biodiversity with little impact on carbon emissions. A separate project found that…

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Climate change: UK forests ‘could do more harm than good’

Badly-planned trees would increase greenhouse gas emissions, say the government’s advisers on the economic value of the natural environment. The report comes from the Natural…

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