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April 01, 2015

Good luck and the Chinese reverse global forest loss
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 01, 2015
Analysis of 20 years of satellite data has revealed the total amount of vegetation globally has increased by almost 4 billion tonnes of carbon since 2003. This is despite ongoing large-scale deforestation in the tropics. An Australian-led international team of scientists published the findings in Nature Climate Change, finding a range of causes for the increase "The increase in vegetation primarily came from a lucky combination of environmental and economic factors and massive tree-planting ... read more

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