I think there are other benefits to having a lot of trees around you.

As a resident of the Houston area, I am abundantly familiar with the idea of an urban heat island. The difference between a hot day inside the 610 loop and one 50 miles north is quite significant.

I moved from what is effectively the middle of the world's largest parking lot to the middle of a forest and I feel like I've transported myself 1000 miles instead of 50.

I've also developed a strong sense that the forest seems to have some kind of influence over the weather patterns. Not a strong or active one, but it definitely seems like a thing when you're watching Doppler radar.

I misread this at first and understood it to say “growing trees is better for reducing global warming than performative hypothetical discussions thinking about the negative impacts of global warming”

> restoring forests to their preindustrial extent could lower global average temperatures by 0.34 degrees Celsius

Some interesting, recent discussion: "Interview at the Technical University of Munich: Not only are forests more complex than is commonly realized, they also do more." [1]

[1]: https://bioticregulation.substack.com/p/in-focus-green-ocean...

Actual title and subtitle:

Does planting trees really help cool the planet?

Forests offset warming more than thought, but not enough

Restoring forests is clearly valuable, especially in the tropics, but it's not a get-out-of-jail-free card for emissions. The fact that even replanting all lost trees would only offset about 0.34°C puts things in perspective.

Trees baby, trees is the campaign slogan we'll never hear anywhere.

I had read this book many years ago.

thought it was good.

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1481687.The_Forest_an...

https://www.amazon.com/Forest-Sea-Economy-Nature-Ecology/dp/...

Is it possible to genetically engineer fast-growing but sterile trees that are 5x the height and width of mature hardwoods? Plant one in every sizeable park, greenbelt, and plaza. Would add some nice green variety to skylines and suburbs and make for comfortable shade for much of the surrounding area and trails. The only downside is liability and danger of falling limbs, especially during storms.

Yeah, too bad we cut them.

This is a good example of a headline that is both accurate and dishonestly misleading.

Like if we discovered spitting at a housefire would slow it down more than expected, it's still not preventing it from burning to the ground. It's just going to allow some asshat to say "See? Let's defund the fire brigade."

or does it mean we should stop Reforestation??? ^^