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- Accounting for albedo change to identify climate-positive tree cover . . .
Restoring tree cover changes albedo, which is the fraction of sunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface In most locations, these changes in albedo offset or even negate the carbon removal
- Overlooked ‘Albedo’ Effect Should Be Factored into Tree Cover . . .
Overall the paper found the global climate mitigation benefit of restoring tree cover may be 20-81% lower than expected from carbon-only estimates, highlighting the urgency to properly account for albedo
- Albedo Effect Explained: Planting Trees in Wrong Places Could Warm the . . .
Using new maps, climate scientists could consider the cooling effect from trees and the warming effect caused by decreased albedo They discovered that projects that did not include the albedo
- Accounting for albedo change to identify climate-positive tree cover . . .
restoring tree cover have not accounted robustly for albedo given a lack of spatially explicit data Here we produce maps that show that carbon-only estimates may be up to 81% too high While dryland and boreal settings have especially severe albedo offsets, it is possible to nd places that provide net-
- New maps help to factor albedo into tree-planting decisions
As efforts to restore tree cover accelerate to help avoid runaway climate change, a new study highlights how restoring tree cover can, in some locations, heat up the Earth rather than cool it by affecting how much sunlight the surface reflects (i e 'the albedo')
- Albedo can reduce climate benefit of tree planting: New tool identifies . . .
As efforts to restore tree cover accelerate to help avoid runaway climate change, a new study highlights how restoring tree cover can, in some locations, heat up the Earth rather than cool it
- Could tree planting warm Earth? Science behind the albedo effect
However, the introduction of trees into these environments still results in a decrease in albedo, albeit less dramatically The trees’ dark surfaces absorb more sunlight than the surrounding land, potentially leading to local warming
- Quantitative analysis of the links between forest structure and land . . .
This might be because, in some forest environments, developing tree-layer vegetation can decrease surface albedo by eliminating the effects of background such as the forest floor, which may have higher surface albedo than overstory vegetation
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