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BBC - Climate change: Planting new forests 'can do more harm than good' - https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53138178 https://www.bbc.com/news/scienc

by litbear2022 1y ago

BBC - Climate change: Planting new forests 'can do more harm than good' - https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53138178 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53138178

cortesoft 1y ago
These seem to be addressing different things. The post is about LOCAL climate, and trying to cool down Las Vegas itself. The BBC article is about the affect on GLOBAL climate change.
BurningFrog 1y ago
Sure, new trees won't solve global warming. But they can have other advantages.
kbenson 1y ago
That's about as clicbait a title given the content as I can imagine. I would summarize the article as: - Subsidy schemes can often cause problems where monoculture farmable tree crops can reduce biodiversity can cause problems. But I think it's worth noting that replacing trees with another is not what I would call, or what most people likely think, when referring to new forests, and even if we ignore that point, the problem is not the new forests in general but the incentives used to cause it to happen. - Carbon sequestration may be overestimated because if the ground is already rich in carbon, some of that may be reduced so the overall additional effect of sequestration is less than one might assume. Neither of those are really in support of "new forests can do more hard than good" in my opinion. They may be worth discussing, but this isn't a good start for a useful conversation on the BBC's part.
DennisP 1y ago
The BBC makes good points there, but Las Vegas is just planting trees in urban areas to cool off the place. The native ecosystems in those areas are long gone.
Anon4Now 1y ago
Let's not over-complicate the issue. It's 98F today where I live, and I'm sitting comfortably in my room, without any AC, because I have a big tree outside blocking the sunlight. Shade works wonders.
moralestapia 1y ago
Terrible article. Sorry, but there's no other way to put it. It's complaining about: 1) Corruption in Chile led people to tear down existing forests in order to plant trees again to make money. 2) "Some study" found out that planting trees in soil which is already rich in carbon does not lead to a significant increase in carbon soil. None of these suggest "more harm than good", it's just a sensationalistic piece ... against planting trees? What an extremely distorted agenda to push.

BBC - Climate change: Planting new forests 'can do more harm than good' - https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53138178 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53138178

cortesoft 1y ago

These seem to be addressing different things. The post is about LOCAL climate, and trying to cool down Las Vegas itself. The BBC article is about the affect on GLOBAL climate change.

BurningFrog 1y ago

Sure, new trees won't solve global warming. But they can have other advantages.

kbenson 1y ago

That's about as clicbait a title given the content as I can imagine. I would summarize the article as: - Subsidy schemes can often cause problems where monoculture farmable tree crops can reduce biodiversity can cause problems. But I think it's worth noting that replacing trees with another is not what I would call, or what most people likely think, when referring to new forests, and even if we ignore that point, the problem is not the new forests in general but the incentives used to cause it to happen. - Carbon sequestration may be overestimated because if the ground is already rich in carbon, some of that may be reduced so the overall additional effect of sequestration is less than one might assume. Neither of those are really in support of "new forests can do more hard than good" in my opinion. They may be worth discussing, but this isn't a good start for a useful conversation on the BBC's part.

DennisP 1y ago

The BBC makes good points there, but Las Vegas is just planting trees in urban areas to cool off the place. The native ecosystems in those areas are long gone.

Anon4Now 1y ago

Let's not over-complicate the issue. It's 98F today where I live, and I'm sitting comfortably in my room, without any AC, because I have a big tree outside blocking the sunlight. Shade works wonders.

moralestapia 1y ago

Terrible article. Sorry, but there's no other way to put it. It's complaining about: 1) Corruption in Chile led people to tear down existing forests in order to plant trees again to make money. 2) "Some study" found out that planting trees in soil which is already rich in carbon does not lead to a significant increase in carbon soil. None of these suggest "more harm than good", it's just a sensationalistic piece ... against planting trees? What an extremely distorted agenda to push.