Canada Could Offset Five Times Its Carbon Emissions by Planting Trees at the Boreal Edge Boreal Reforestation Shows Gigantic Carbon Removal Potential A new study suggests Canada could offset at least five times its annual carbon emissions by strategically planting more than six million trees along the northern fringe of the boreal forest. The research, titled "Substantial carbon removal capacity of taiga reforestation and afforestation at Canada's boreal edge," is published in Communications Earth & Environment . Satellite Data Reveals Massive Carbon-Removal Potential Scientists from the University of Waterloo combined satellite observations with data on wildfire risk, vegetation loss and climate conditions to estimate the forest' carbon removal potential. Their analysis indicates that: Reforesting roughly 6.4 million hectares could draw down around 3.9 gigatonnes of CO ₂ by 2100 Expanding into the most suitable regions could raise the figure to nearly 19 gig...
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