Trees aren't a climate change cure-all – 2 new studies on the life and death of trees in a warming world show why
- Written by William R.L. Anderegg, Associate Professor of Ecology, School Of Biological Sciences, University of Utah
When trees burn, all the carbon they have stored goes back into the atmosphere.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty ImagesWhen people talk about ways to slow climate change, they often mention trees, and for good reason. Forests take up a large amount of the planet-warming carbon dioxide that people put into the atmosphere when they burn fossil fuels....