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Midwest forests lost 8,000 years of stored carbon in just 150 years new animated maps track the changes, revealing lessons for climate projects today

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The Conversation

Publication Date
2022-07-27

“Plant a tree” seems to be the go-to answer to climate change concerns these days. Booking a rental car online recently, I was asked to check a box to plant a tree to offset my car’s anticipated carbon dioxide emissions. In 2020, the governor of my state, Indiana, launched an initiative to plant a million of them within five years, and the state is a quarter of the way there.

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https://theconversation.com/midwest-forests-lost-8-000-years-of-stored-carbon-in-just-150-years-new-animated-maps-track-the-changes-revealing-lessons-for-climate-projects-today-185686