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by gerdesj 1765 days ago
Quite. Plant trees and conserve peat bogs.
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I'm never going to say "don't plant trees," but, in the short term, there's some possibility that reforestation might actually increase warming by decreasing surface albedo. See https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2927/examining-the-viability-o...

Even if that isn't the case, planting trees is still a long term move, and it's going to take at least several hundred billion trees to make a difference. It's not something where you can say "just plant trees, and everything will be alright."

This link:

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2927/examining-the-viability-o...

has the word "albedo" mentioned six times. This is what you are alluding to:

"In the near term and locally, says Saatchi, forest restoration may actually have a warming effect. As the trees mature, the new forest canopy cover would presumably make Earth’s surface albedo darker"

"presumably".