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Combined climate and carbon-cycle effects of large-scale deforestation
- G. Bala, K. Caldeira, M. Wickett, T. J. Phillips, D. B. Lobell, C. Delire, A. Mirin,
- Original article citation: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104, (2007).
- Categories: Biodiversity & Ecology and Mitigation
- Recommended by: Olive Heffernan on 06/06/2007 09:20PM GMT
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This paper, from last month which we covered as a research highlight, has some interesting implications. Bala and colleagues modelled the temperature up to 2100 in a deforested world compared with a regular forested world. They found that removal of forests at high latitudes would actually temper global warming, as more sunlight would be reflected. The authors urge against chopping down trees to mitigate climate change, however, owing to their many other benefits!
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