The last few months have witnessed a flurry of debate in the scientific literature over the relative merits of using forests as carbon sinks to combat global warming. The broad-based consensus seems to be that, yes, trees can work - if planted in the right areas - but also that we shouldn’t hang our hopes on them. The latest salvo in the debate comes from Tom Gower of the University of Wisconsin, who has determined that Canada’s boreal forest - far from hindering global warming’s advance - may be spurring..keep reading.
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