Tree planting 'has mind-blowing potential' to tackle climate crisis

Redwood trees in Guerneville, California. Photograph: Gabrielle Lurie/The Guardian

Climate changes have existed since the beginning of Earth’s history, have been gradual or have been due to various causes, such as those related to changes in orbital parameters, variations in solar radiation, continental drift, periods of intense volcanism, biotic processes or meteorite Current climate change is anthropogenic and is mainly related to the intensification of the greenhouse effect due to industrial emissions from the burning of fossil fuels.

Even so, it is important to say that the term climate crisis is more appropriate than climate change to refer to the magnitude and consequences of global warming. Being serious, climate crisis, not climate change. Since words shape the perception of reality

Clearly, the evidence of a climate crisis is undeniable today. The climate crisis must be on top of the country’s list of challenges. It is an existential threat to our planet Earth.

There is no doubt that climate change is a global challenge that has not bordered and that to combat it requires coordinated work by all countries.

Plantation with great potential

It is necessary to indicate that the planting of trees has an amazing potential to face the climate crisis. In fact, it is established as the most effective, quick and cheap way to deal with this crisis. You need trees. Yes, many trees

And is that according to new research, it shows that you could plant a trillion trees to capture a large amount of carbon dioxide

According to scientists, the planting of billions of trees around the world is, by far, the largest and cheapest way to face the climate crisis, since the first calculation has been made of how many more trees could be planted without invading the farmlands or urban areas.

It should be noted that the analysis found that there are 1,700 million hectares of treeless land where 1.2 billion native trees would naturally grow. That area is approximately 11% of the entire land and equivalent to the size of the United States and China combined. The tropical areas could have a 100% tree cover, while others would be more sparsely covered, which means that, on average, approximately half of the area would be under the canopy of the trees.

Likewise, the scientists specifically excluded from their analysis all the fields used to cultivate crops and urban areas. But they did include grazing lands, in which researchers say some trees can also benefit sheep and cattle.

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Source: The Guardian