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by guerrilla 1864 days ago
> A 2019 study of the global potential for tree restoration showed that there is space for at least 9 million km^2 of new forests worldwide, which is a 25% increase from current conditions. This forested area could store up to 205 gigatons of carbon or 25% of the atmosphere's current carbon pool by reducing CO2 in the atmosphere and introducing more O2.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afforestation

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Due to trees being dark, afforestation has a weaker impact on climate change than the stored carbon would make you think. They also evaporate a lot of water, which is also a GHG.