There is enough room in the world’s existing parks, forests, and abandoned land to plant 1.2 trillion additional trees, which would have the CO2 storage capacity to cancel out a decade of carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new analysis by ecologist Thomas Crowther and colleagues at ETH Zurich, a Swiss university.
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NASA Finds Tropical Cyclone Wutip Organizing
Tropical Depression 02W has organized and strengthened into a tropical storm.
The 'Blue' in Blueberries Can Help Lower Blood Pressure
A new study published in the Journal of Gerontology Series A has found that eating 200g of blueberries every day for a month can lead to an improvement in blood vessel function and a decrease in systolic blood pressure in healthy people.
Fossil Fuel Combustion Is the Main Contributor to Black Carbon Around the Arctic, International Study Finds
Fossil fuel combustion is the main contributor to black carbon collected at five sites around the Arctic, which has implications for global warming, according to a study by an international group of scientists that included a team from Baylor University.
Protecting Small Forests Fails to Protect Bird Biodiversity
Simply protecting small forests will not maintain the diversity of the birds they support over the long run, a Rutgers-led study says.
A Volcanic Binge And Its Frosty Hangover
A major volcanic event could have triggered one of the largest glaciations in Earth's history – the Gaskiers glaciation, which turned the Earth into a giant snowball approximately 580 million years ago.