Planting trees in the Arctic may worsen climate change

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 08, 2024

Tree planting is often promoted as a cost-effective measure to mitigate climate change due to trees' ability to sequester carbon. However, a new study published in 'Nature Geoscience' suggests that large-scale tree planting projects at high latitudes, such as in the Arctic, could actually accelerate global warming rather than alleviate it. With rising temperatures, the tree line is shiftin