Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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Planting trees to remove carbon can harm the environment or protect it: Study highlights trade‑offs

Global efforts to limit climate change require deep cuts to carbon emissions. However, global emissions are still growing. Currently, we emit roughly 42 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel use and land use changes every year.

Planting trees to remove carbon can harm the environment or protect it: Study highlights trade‑offs
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Global efforts to limit climate change require deep cuts to carbon emissions. However, global emissions are still growing. Currently, we emit roughly 42 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel use and land use changes every year.

Originally published at Phys.org

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