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How forests lost 8,000 years of stored carbon in a few generations – animated maps reveal climate lessons for tree-planting projects today

  • Written by Jason McLachlan, Associate Professor of Paleoecology, University of Notre Dame
imageTrees like these near Traverse City, Michigan, remove carbon dioxide from the air and lock it away.Owen Weber/www.owenweberlive.com via Getty Images

“Plant a tree” seems to be the go-to answer to climate change concerns these days. Booking a rental car online recently, I was asked to check a box to plant a tree to offset my car’s...

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