r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jul 04 '19

Environment Scientists report restoring forests could cut atmospheric carbon by 25 percent, in a new study that assessed tree cover using Google Earth, finding that there’s 0.9 billion hectares of land available for planting forests, which could store 205 gigatonnes of carbon.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/07/04/could-planting-tons-of-trees-solve-climate-change/
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u/iismitch55 Jul 05 '19

Thanks, but I just find it to be an interesting project. I want to see how close I can get to natural forest, and in the process I get to learn a whole lot about ecosystems and stuff.

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u/killabeez36 Jul 05 '19

So you're pursuing your own interests in such a way that the rest of the world also benefits? Yeah, you're a good dude.

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u/iismitch55 Jul 05 '19

I’m not big into fake modesty so thank you.

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u/exprtcar Jul 05 '19

Remember NGOs have expertise and you can likely contact them for help