That is a wrong statement, and it is deadly to have such a thorough misunderstanding of the climate stability issue. This is a result of the fact that climate c

That is a wrong statement, and it is deadly to have such a thorough misunderstanding of the climate stability issue. This is a result of the fact that climate change as the western world conceived it for its geo-political goals is (purposefully and) embarrassingly lacking scientific rigor of which direction the information flows regarding the biotic regulation of the clima system. In other words the adopted framework of understanding the issue that just about everyone vocal (or given voice) in the media adopts is wrong (just go to scopus and search for role of forests). That leads to these these types of silly statements in marketing articles, often presented as some profound truths. For those not in the field, Im not challenging the estimates on the CO2 sequestration by trees, that can be done in 5 minutes with elementary school math. Rather, its the lack of pointing out that forests drive the hydrological cycle over land, regulate mesoscale (and in some cases continental) climates, and provide biological functions on the scale that no technology can replace (and never will in fact, there are calculation about that too). The exact opposite is the right message here, we have to learn how to manage and create fully functional forests and cover as much land as we can (given other constraints). At the same time, yes, planting trees randomly without thought is not going to do any good either (and may cause harm as mentioned in the article in offhand manner). We should stop looking at the world as a dumpster (of CO2), thinking that reducing CO2 or regulating its concentration in isolation to the driving forces is somehow panacea for life stability on earth. The biosphere (microbiological of cause) is the climate regulator, and hydrological cycles (and water as an elements) is far more important than secondary role of CO2 as a radiative feedback (first is its role as food for plants, without which there is no life at all). Too low CO2 leads to death of life on this planet. The issue of climate change are not absolute scales, but gradients ... which we hopefully will find a way to understand and help our unique and irreplaceable microbiosphere to manage.