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Re:The Planet Now Has More Trees Than It Did 35 Years Ago by clumsysmurf on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @06:43PM (#17822911)
Seems more like a mix of good and bad news. If trees are growing where there should be snow, the suns rays are absorbed and not reflected back out to space

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/shift-northern-fo...

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Re:The Planet Now Has More Trees Than It Did 35 Years Ago by southern_cross on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @09:37PM (#17823843)
OK, how about this idea then? "Global warming over the recent past [reference favorite timeline here] may be largely due to the extensive regrowth of previously deforested areas."
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