Large variations in afforestation-related climate cooling and warming effects across short distances

Shani Rohatyn; Eyal Rotenberg; Fyodor Tatarinov; Yohay Carmel; Dan Yakir

doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00678-9

Communications Earth & Environment (Jan 2023)

Large variations in afforestation-related climate cooling and warming effects across short distances

Shani Rohatyn,
Eyal Rotenberg,
Fyodor Tatarinov,
Yohay Carmel,
Dan Yakir

Affiliations

Shani Rohatyn: Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science
Eyal Rotenberg: Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science
Fyodor Tatarinov: Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science
Yohay Carmel: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Technion—Israel Institute of Technology
Dan Yakir: Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00678-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The time for the climatic benefits of afforestation via carbon-sequestration to offset the warming effects of reduced albedo and longwave radiation emission varies greatly across short distances, according to a study of paired forested and non-forested ecosystems along an aridity gradient.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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