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🌱 Fast-growing trees are taking over the forests of the future and putting biodiversity, climate resilience under pressure
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-fast-trees-forests-future-biodiversity.html

Fast-growing trees are taking over the forests of the future and putting biodiversity, climate resilience under pressure
Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils, regulate water cycles, and supply resources that humans rely on—from timber and food to recreation and shade on a hot day.

Tracking Southern China’s Forest Growth from Space: #forests grow from space: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1113767

"Planting Billions of Trees Turned Barren Desert into a Carbon Sink That Lowers CO2"
#Trees #Environment #Forests

Planting Billions of Trees Turned Barren Desert into a Carbon Sink That Lowers CO2
By precise numbers, it has reduced the average carbon content in the desert air from 416 parts per million to 413 ppm.

"Germany’s dying forests are losing their ability to absorb CO2. Can a new way of planting save them?"
#Germany #Forests #Nature