Should We Pull Carbon Out of the Air with Trees, or Machines?
To meet the world’s climate goals, we would need to pull anywhere from 440 billion to 1.1 trillion metric tons before the end of the century – more carbon than the U.S. has emitted in...
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Cities Are Rethinking What Kinds of Trees They’re Planting
U.S. cities are losing some 36 million trees every year, but hardier species can restore their canopies.
Programming Trees to Self-Destruct Could Save Energy
Mother Earth could benefit from the degradation of, oddly enough, one of her own, as scientists search for ways to deteriorate trees in order to improve industrial processes. New research shows that by weakening the...