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Tree planting is no climate solution at northern high latitudes

来自 <Tree planting is no climate solution at northern high latitudes | Nature Geoscience>

Compared to the carbon absorption from afforestation, the high-latitude warming caused by reduced albedo is more concerning.

## Abstract:

1. Planting trees has become a popular solution for climate change mitigation, owing to the ability of trees to accumulate carbon in biomass and thereby reduce anthropogenic atmospheric CO2 enrichment.

1. However, several lines of evidence suggest that high-latitude tree planting is counterproductive to climate change mitigation. In northern boreal and Arctic regions, tree planting results in net warming due to increased surface darkness (decreased albedo), which counteracts potential mitigation effects from carbon storage in areas where biomass is limited and of low resilience.

1. Furthermore, tree planting disturbs pools of soil carbon, which store most of the carbon in cold ecosystems, and has negative effects on native Arctic biota and livelihoods.

## Intro:

This criticism is twofold:

(1) these ecosystems are ancient and well-functioning homes of the largest diversity of remaining megafauna species;

(2) drylands are generally becoming drier and thereby increasingly unsuitable for tree growth.

## Results: