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> NASA satellites have been observing increased green cover on land, which is thought to be due to intensive agriculture to feed growing populations and ambitio
by CallMeJim 5y ago
> NASA satellites have been observing increased green cover on land, which is thought to be due to intensive agriculture to feed growing populations and ambitious tree-planting programs – for example, the so-called “Green Great Wall” in China.
> The cooling effect from greening is less significant in tropical forests with high leaf areas.
Does this mean that cutting down the Amazon rainforest to use the land for farming is net-beneficial for slowing down climate change?
- lovemenot 5y ago>> Does this mean that cutting down the Amazon rainforest to use the land for farming is net-beneficial for slowing down climate change? Even if it does, the effect would be temporary. Such land can rarely be farmed sustainably. In the medium termt becomes scrub and barely contributes to cooling And anyway, the question is largely moot. Resisting climate change is only one of many important services rendered by these forests.
- goodluckchuck 5y agoPerhaps I’m dumb, but it sounds like they’re saying that it’s good when China does it but bad when anyone else does.