Intensified Reforestation Efforts Outside of the United States, Q&A with EarthTalk

I’ve heard that China and other nations have gone gangbusters with reforestation projects that are ambitious enough to have a significant impact on cutting carbon emissions. Why aren’t we also doing this here in the U.S.?–Mickie Infurcia, Hamden, CT A recent Boston University (BU) study tracking satellite data of vegetation coverage found that the world…

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How Global Warming Stacks Up

Skeptics of manmade climate change offer various natural causes to explain why the Earth has warmed 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880. But can these account for the planet’s rising temperature? Watch to see how much different factors, both natural and industrial, contribute to global warming, based on findings from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies….

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