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It is a global proposal. https://www.science.org/content/article/adding-1-billion-hectares-forest-could-help-check-global-warming https://www.science.org/conte

It is a global proposal. https://www.science.org/content/article/adding-1-billion-hectares-forest-could-help-check-global-warming https://www.science.org/content/article/adding-1-billion-hec... > Oh, look. It’s ben studied, and the answer is “it won’t work”: No, it hasn't. That is just one guy's analysis.

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> No, it hasn't. That is just one guy's analysis. Your article doesn't even attempt an in-depth analysis. It just counts the area required. From that article: > Those added trees could sequester 205 gigatons of carbon in the coming decades, roughly five times the amount emitted globally in 2018. So that's enough for 5 years. And after that? Plant another trillion? That article says there's only space for 0.9T, period.