Francisco Lloret

Francisco Lloret

Francisco Lloret
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Professor of Ecology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and CREAF researcher

Reactions to planting trees in drylands to fight climate change

A study published in Science analyses the potential climate benefits of afforestation - both planting trees to create new forests and reforesting old ones - of the world's drylands. The authors show that the cooling effect of afforestation of this vast area would only amount to a decrease of about 1 % of projected greenhouse gas emissions in the business-as-usual and medium-emissions climate scenarios.

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