Comment on “The global tree restoration potential”

W. Veldman, Joseph; C. Aleman, Julie; T. Alvarado, Swanni; Michael Anderson, T.; Archibald, Sally; J. Bond, William; W. Boutton, Thomas; Buchmann, Nina; Buisson, Élise; G. Canadell, Josep; de Sá Dechoum, Michele; H. Díaz‐Toribio, Milton; Durigan, Giselda; J. Ewel, John; Wilson Fernandes, Geraldo; Fidélis, Alessandra; Fleischman, Forrest; P. Good, Stephen; M. Griffith, Daniel; Hermann, Julia‐Maria; A. Hoffmann, William; Le Stradic, Soizig; E. R. Lehmann, Caroline; Mahy, Grégory; N. Nerlekar, Ashish; B. Nippert, Jesse; F. Noss, Reed; P. Osborne, Colin; E. Overbeck, Gerhard; L. Parr, Catherine; G. Pausas, Juli; Toby Pennington, R.; P. Perring, Michael; E. Putz, Francis; Ratnam, Jayashree; Sankaran, Mahesh; Belloni Schmidt, Isabel; B. Schmitt, Christine; A. O. Silveira, Fernando; Carla Staver, A.; Stevens, Nicola; J. Still, Christopher; A. E. Strömberg, Caroline; M. Temperton, Vicky; Morgan Varner, J.; P. Zaloumis, Nicholas

doi:10.1126/science.aay7976

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Comment on “The global tree restoration potential”

Published in Science • Oct 17, 2019

Authors:

Joseph W. Veldman

Julie C. Aleman

Swanni T. Alvarado

Abstract

's estimate (Reports, 5 July 2019, p. 76) that tree planting for climate change mitigation could sequester 205 gigatonnes of carbon is approximately five times too large. Their analysis inflated soil organic carbon gains, failed to safeguard against warming from trees at high latitudes and elevation...

Subject

Tree (set theory)

Environmental science

Mathematics

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