In the short-term, forests harvested for biomass energy actually put more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than burning fossil fuels,
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In the short-term, forests harvested for biomass energy actually put more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than burning fossil fuels,
This speaks to the importance of planting trees in urban areas to lower ambient temperatures and reduce the need for air conditioning.
Since most of the wood pellets are derived from newly harvested trees, the immediate impact on Earth’s climate is worse than coal.
Trees remove a lot of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
The incidence of forest fire is likely to increase in a warmer, drier world.
Without carbon dioxide uptake by trees, its concentration in the atmosphere would be rising nearly twice as fast as we observe today.
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