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  • How Planting Artificial Forests Could Backfire

    How Planting Artificial Forests Could Backfire

    Tree planting projects seem like a great climate solution—lots of trees can sequester lots of carbon that would otherwise be warming the atmosphere. But, surprise surprise, it turns out you can’t just plop any old tree into the ground and expect to reap environmental benefits, new research finds. In a study published in Trends in…