{"id":2989,"date":"2022-04-26T20:49:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T20:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/?p=2989"},"modified":"2022-07-05T08:25:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T08:25:54","slug":"how-can-planting-trees-help-to-reduce-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/how-can-planting-trees-help-to-reduce-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can Planting Trees Help to Reduce Climate Change?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is some disagreement among scientists regarding how <a href=\"https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/tree-planting-a-solution-to-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">planting enough trees<\/a> can help to reduce climate change. Here\u2019s why.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>How do plants help to reduce global warming?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plants help to reduce global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide through photosynthesis and turning it into oxygen. Photosynthesis is the process in which green plants transform light energy into oxygen and organic compounds. In fact, plants are the main way that our planet recycles CO2 back into oxygen. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that traps heat from the sun and thus warms up the planet. Therefore, more CO2 in the air raises global temperatures, and turning it back into oxygen reduces global warming.<span id='easy-footnote-1-2989' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/how-can-planting-trees-help-to-reduce-climate-change\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-2989' title='Bassham, J.A. and Lambers, H. (2019). photosynthesis | Importance, Process, &amp;amp; Reactions. In: Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica. [online] Available at: https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/photosynthesis.'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plants also enrich the soil by providing it with organic matter that microbes and bacteria need. That, in turn, helps the soil absorb more carbon dioxide, reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.<span id='easy-footnote-2-2989' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/how-can-planting-trees-help-to-reduce-climate-change\/#easy-footnote-bottom-2-2989' title='www.rhs.org.uk. (n.d.). Organic matter: how to use in the garden. [online] Available at: https:\/\/www.rhs.org.uk\/advice\/profile?pid=865.'><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Why does planting trees help to slow climate change?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trees are currently the most efficient and natural method to remove and store carbon from the air. Between 2001 and 2019, forests around the world absorbed over 15 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year, according to research by NASA.<span id='easy-footnote-3-2989' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/how-can-planting-trees-help-to-reduce-climate-change\/#easy-footnote-bottom-3-2989' title='&lt;\/span&gt;https:\/\/jpl.nasa.gov (n.d.). &lt;i&gt;NASA Satellites Help Quantify Forests\u2019 Impacts on the Global Carbon Budget&lt;\/i&gt;. [online] NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Available at: https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/nasa-satellites-help-quantify-forests-impacts-on-the-global-carbon-budget.'><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trees do more than just recycle carbon dioxide into oxygen. They also use the carbon they absorb to build their trunks and leaves. We call this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/faqs\/what-carbon-sequestration?qt-news_science_products=0#qt-news_science_products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carbon sequestration<\/a>. It makes trees a fantastic store for carbon that can be locked up for hundreds of years.<span id='easy-footnote-4-2989' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/how-can-planting-trees-help-to-reduce-climate-change\/#easy-footnote-bottom-4-2989' title='unece.org. (n.d.). &lt;em&gt;Carbon Sinks and Sequestration&lt;\/em&gt;. [online] UNECE. Available at: https:\/\/unece.org\/forests\/carbon-sinks-and-sequestration.'><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Can we plant enough trees to stop global warming?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is some disagreement among scientists over whether we can <a href=\"https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/best-global-tree-planting-initiatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plant enough trees<\/a> to stop global warming. Some say that planting over a trillion trees would heavily contribute to limiting the damage from climate change. Others, however, think that we need to focus on limiting carbon dioxide emissions instead. We must listen to both sides of the debate.<span id='easy-footnote-5-2989' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/how-can-planting-trees-help-to-reduce-climate-change\/#easy-footnote-bottom-5-2989' title='&lt;\/span&gt;Marshall, M. (2020). &lt;i&gt;Planting trees doesn\u2019t always help with climate change&lt;\/i&gt;. [online] www.bbc.com. Available at: https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20200521-planting-trees-doesnt-always-help-with-climate-change.'><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u200c<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we planted enough new trees to cover an area the size of the United States, we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.co.uk\/environment-and-conservation\/2019\/07\/how-erase-100-years-carbon-emissions-plant-trees-lots-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">could erase 100 years<\/a> worth of carbon dioxide emissions. This was the conclusion of research published in 2019 by scientists who urged a massive tree-planting program. The new trees would absorb and store enough carbon to reverse new emissions over the last few decades, according to the report.<span id='easy-footnote-6-2989' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/how-can-planting-trees-help-to-reduce-climate-change\/#easy-footnote-bottom-6-2989' title='NatGeoUK (2019). How to erase 100 years of carbon emissions? Plant trees\u2014lots of them. [online] National Geographic. Available at: https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.co.uk\/environment-and-conservation\/2019\/07\/how-erase-100-years-carbon-emissions-plant-trees-lots-them.'><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u200c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But trees take time to grow, they need a lot of water and land, and they do not store carbon permanently. Many scientists say that we cannot stop global warming just by planting trees without reducing carbon emissions.<span id='easy-footnote-7-2989' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/how-can-planting-trees-help-to-reduce-climate-change\/#easy-footnote-bottom-7-2989' title='&lt;\/span&gt;Discover Magazine. (2019). &lt;i&gt;We Can\u2019t Just Plant Billions of Trees to Stop Climate Change&lt;\/i&gt;. [online] Available at: https:\/\/www.discovermagazine.com\/planet-earth\/we-cant-just-plant-billions-of-trees-to-stop-climate-change.'><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planting a lot of trees would help to reduce global warming, but it would not stop it. 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