Even the article expresses doubts: “The authors note these numbers contradict data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, which collects national forest data from countries’ forestry departments and has historically been seen as the most consistent source of information.”
Is there any effect from increased CO2 in the atmosphere making it easier for trees to breathe and grow? I understand the data saying we’re cutting them down faster than they regrow but just wondering if we see anywhere we aren’t cutting them down where they grow faster than they used to?
Doubtful, considering the Amazon rain forest has been losing a football field or more of trees every minute of the day, since at least 1990.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/amazon-has-lost-more-ten-million-football-fields-forest-decade-180973879/
https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/deforestation-statistics/
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48827490
Even the article expresses doubts: “The authors note these numbers contradict data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, which collects national forest data from countries’ forestry departments and has historically been seen as the most consistent source of information.”
Is there any effect from increased CO2 in the atmosphere making it easier for trees to breathe and grow? I understand the data saying we’re cutting them down faster than they regrow but just wondering if we see anywhere we aren’t cutting them down where they grow faster than they used to?