Wednesday, April 11, 2007

When it comes to climate change, not all trees are created equal.


If you must plant a tree, take a hike to the equator. Don't bring them to the polar regions. They aren't wanted. At least that will be the theory drawn from a recent deforestation simulation...

A new study shows how sensitive the world's regions are to catastrophic forest loss, and in doing so, it gives you a rough guidemap of where to pot next.

Scandinavia - bad. Brazil - good. For more:

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2007/410/2

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good post.