{"id":1090,"date":"2021-05-07T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2022-07-01T10:34:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T10:34:39","slug":"2021-what-role-do-trees-play-in-todays-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/2021-what-role-do-trees-play-in-todays-global-warming\/","title":{"rendered":"2021: What Role Do Trees Play in Today’s Global Warming?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
The main cause of climate change is the combustion of fossil fuels, such as oil, coal and natural gas.<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> They release greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), which trap heat in the Earth\u2019s atmosphere.<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> This begs the question, what role do trees play in today’s global warming?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n To stop climate change, we must stop burning fossil fuels. Also, trees are considered to be central to fighting climate change.<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Understanding the connection between CO2 and trees is crucial to establish what role trees play in today’s global warming.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Many countries around the world are committed to planting trees to prevent global warming. This year, the Ugandan Ministry of Water and Environment is organising a national reforestation campaign, Running Out of Trees (ROOTs).<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n In the UK, the government is pledging GBP \u00a32.7 million to increase tree planting and natural regeneration.<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Even oil-producing Saudi Arabia wants to plant 10 billion trees and increase the country\u2019s tree cover 12-fold.<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Trees help the environment in many different ways. When it comes to combatting climate change, they are \u201cour most powerful weapon<\/a>\u201d.<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> This is largely due to their role in the carbon cycle. A firm grasp on the connection between CO2, climate change and trees is central to any insight on what role trees play in today’s global warming.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n All plants pull CO2 from the air<\/a> in the process of photosynthesis.<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> They use water, sunlight and carbon to form sugars.<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Plants and trees use these sugars to grow. They simultaneously absorb carbon into their stems, trunks, branches, leaves and roots.<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTree planting in 2021<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
How do trees help the environment?<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n