Growing Forests

Extreme Heat Is Wilting & Burning Forests, so It’s Harder to Curb Climate Change 0724.rtf
The Race to Map the World’s Forests and Protect $110 Billion of Trade 0624.rtf
Canada Forests Haven’t Absorbed More Carbon than They Released since 2001 - 0519.rtf
Mega-Fires Are Spreading in the Amazon. They Are Here to Stay. 0224.rtf
Deforestation Surged in 2022, despite Pledges 0623.rtfMore than 800 Million Amazon Trees Felled in 6 years, to Meet Beef Demand 0623.rtf
Deforestation Inc. - How 'Green' Firms Prevent Climate Action 0323.rtf
Finance Is Failing the World’s Best Defense against Climate Change 0223.rtf
A $39 Trillion Investor Alliance Gives Warning on Carbon Offsets 0223.rtf
Has the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point(s)’? Savannah? Scrubland? 0123.rtf
Multi-Million $ Forest Regeneration Carbon Credits Yielded Fewer Trees 1122.rtf
Global Deforestation Pledge Will Be Missed without Urgent Action 1022.rtf
Forest Loss in East Brazil Changes How Close the Amazon Is to a Tipping Point 0922.rtf
Europe Is Sacrificing Its Ancient Forests for Energy 0922.rtf
Wildfires Are Destroying California's Forest Carbon Credit Reserves 0822.rtf
How Deforestation Is Pushing the Amazon toward a Tipping Point 0722.rtf
Amazon Deforestation Hits New Record in Brazil 0722.rtf
Let’s Not Pretend Planting Trees Is a Permanent Climate Solution 0622.rtf
In an Increasingly Warmer World, Trees Are Not a Climate Change Cure-All 0522.rtf
Climate, Carbon-Cycle Effects of Fossil-Fuel Use vs Deforestation Disturbances 0522.rtf
The World Has Been Losing 10 Soccer Fields of Tropical Forest Per Minute 0422.rtf
Tropical Trees’ Growth and CO2 Intake Hit by M<ore Extreme Dry Seasons 0422.rtf
Amazon Rainforest Hurtles toward a Tipping Point, Can't Recover from Droughts, Logging 0322.rtf
Tipping Points Passed? (4) Forests and the Amazon - a Faltering Carbon Sink 0122.rtf
Brazil’s Cerrado Tracker Records 6-year Deforestation High 0122.rtf
Brazil’s Amazon Hit by Worst Deforestation since 2006 - 1121.rtf
How Your 401(k) Is Helping Destroy the Amazon Rainforest 1121.rtf
For the Love of Peat - Our Best Defense against a Changing Climate 1021.rtf
Brazil Reports Increase in Amazon Logging 1021.rtf
Regrowing Forests Offset Only 10% of Amazon Deforestation’s CO2 Emissions 0821.rtf
Cerrado Desertification - Savanna Could Collapse within 30 Years 0721.rtf
Bolsonaro’s 1,000 km Amazon Railway Will Cause Climate Chaos. We Must Stop It 0721.rtf
Planting Trees “Doesn't Make Any Sense" in Fight against Climate Change 0721.rtf - Forests need to have a permanence of 100 years to be effective carbon stores.  They don’t, with wildfires, drought, etc.  Carbon sequestration underground is more durable.   Plant trees in a smart way, not a monoculture.  Etc.
One of Canada’s Biggest Carbon Sinks Is Circling the Drain 0521.rtfA Climate “Solution” Actually Adds Millions of Tons of CO2 to the Atmosphere 0421.rtf - semi-phantom forest offsets in California: use average tree carbon / sq meter nin a zone, buy land that’s above average and take credit for the difference
Why Dead Trees Are ‘the Hottest Commodity on the Planet’ 0421.rtf - Lumber prices tripled as pandemic’s stay-at-home workers want more DIY indoor space, but mountain pine bark beetles have decimated British Columbia forests, the prime home of lumber traditionally.
Large-Scale Deforesters Emboldened under Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Data Indicate 0421.rtf - typical size of a newly deforested parcel grows , by a good bit, as enforcement is cut back and even disappears
Paris Climate Agreement Overlooks Wood Pellet Loophole 0421.rtf - In Europe, wood pellets are deemed carbon neutral.  However, it takes decades to recoup the carbon in new growth from trees that are felled.  If the replanted trees survive fire and other hazards.  Meanwhile, more carbon is in the air over the sooner years, when we most need to cut carbon in the air.
Huge Forest Accounting Problem Could Hamper World’s Push to Cut Emissions 0421.rtf - Who gets credit for a forest preserved as an offset?  Buyer, seller, both or neither?  Many nations use different rules from independent evaluators.  Large-emitting nations with large forests wind up with phantom benefits unless rules are changed.
Tropical Forest Destruction Accelerated in 2020 - 0321.rtf
We’re Killing Those Tropical Trees We’re Counting On to Absorb CO2 - 0221.rtf
Trees That Live Fast, Die Young, and Mess with Climate Models 0121.rtf
Net, Land Absorbs Carbon Now, but It Could Emit It in Just a Few Decades 0121.rtf

Wave of Infrastructure Projects to Cause Widespread Deforestation in Coming Decades 1120.rtf
Shorter Lifespan of Faster-Growing Trees Will Add to Climate Crisis 0920.rtf
‘Zombie Fires’ in the Arctic Pump Out Carbon at Record Pace 0720.rtf
Planting Non-Native Trees Accelerates Carbon Release Back into the Atmosphere 0620.rtf
Planting New Forests ‘Can Do More Harm than Good' 0620.rtf
Asynchronous Carbon Sink Saturation in African and Amazonian Tropical Forests 0620.rtf
Mangrove Forests Won't Survive Expected Sea-Level Rise by 2050 if CO2 Emissions Aren't Reduced 0620.rtf
Deforestation Boosts Brazil Greenhouse Gas Emissions, as Global Emissions Fall 0520.rtf
Amazon under Threat - Fires, Loggers and Now Virus 0520.rtf
Forests Are Vanishing More Slowly, but Not Slowly Enough 0520.rtf
Why ‘Carbon-Cycle Feedbacks’ Could Drive Temperatures Even Higher 0420.rtf
Amazon Rainforest Reaches Point of No Return 0320.rtf
Record-High Global Tree Cover Loss Driven by Agriculture 0320.rtf
Tropical Forests Losing Their Ability to Absorb Carbon 0320.rtf
Early Deforestation Numbers for 2019 Reveal Trends in the Amazon 0220.rtf
Wildfires Are Changing Canada's Boreal Forests 0120.rtf
Forest Loss Moves Swiftly, Once 50% Deforestation ‘Tipping Point’ Reached 0120.rtf
Paris Accord ‘Impossible to Implement’ if Tropical Forest Loss Not Stopped 1219.rtf
Top Scientists Warn of an Amazon ‘Tipping Point’ 1219.rtf
Preserving Western Forests Is Crucial in Fight against Climate Change 1219.rtf
In the Fight Against Climate Change, Not All Forests Are Equal 1019.rtf - Old growth are best; read this to learn why.
Some Forests Are Not Growing Back after Wildfires, Research Finds 1217.rtf
What Happens When the Amazon Forest Disappears? 1019.rtf - It becomes savanna, with frequent fires, cerrado trees
Alaska’s Tongass Forest Eats a Ton of Carbon, but Trump Aims to Cut It Down 1019.rtf - Its 3 GT of carbon = 2 years’ US use
Why Keeping Mature Forests Intact Is Key to the Climate Fight 1019.rtf - soil carbon, US Southeast pellets feed Europe power plants
‘It’s Really Close’ - How the Amazon Rainforest Could Self-Destruct 0819.rtf - 20-25% deforestation would drive runaway dieback, fueld by ever less rainfall due to less forest.  19.3% is Brazil’s government’s estimate of deforestation.
If Carbon Offsets Require Forests to Stay Standing, What Happens When the Amazon Is on Fire? 0819.rtf
What Indigenous Rights Have to Do with Fighting Climate Change 0819.rtf
Charred Forests Not Growing Back as Expected in Pacific Northwest 0719.rtf
California’s Drought Killed Almost 150 Million Trees 0719.rtf
Rainforest on Fire 0719.rtf
Why Carbon Credits for Forest Preservation may Be Worse than Nothing 0519.rtf - Many forest “offsets” may exist only on paper.  Or worse, existing “offset” forests may be cut down for farming.
Climate Change May Make trees Live Fast and Die Young 0519.rtf
Canada's Forests Actually Emit More Carbon than They Absorb 0219.rtf
Earth’s Ability to Take Up Carbon Could Decline after 2060 - 0119.rtf
Extreme Weather Events Could Worsen Climate Change 0119.rtf
Haiti May Lose All Primary Forest by 2035, Mass Extinction Underway 1118.rtf
Congo Basin Rainforest May Be Gone by 2100 - 1118.rtf
Tropical Deforestation Now Emits More CO2 than the EU 1018.rtf
Scientists Say Halting Deforestation ‘Just as Urgent' as Reducing Emissions 1018.rtf
Deforestation Continues to Climb in the Brazilian Amazon 0918.rtf
Soggier Forest Soils Thwart the Uptake of Climate-Warming Methane 0818.rtf
Grasslands May Be More Reliable Carbon Sinks than Forests in California 0718.rt

Sweeping New Estimate of How Much Humans Have Transformed Earth 1217.rtf
Tropical Deforestation Is Getting Bigger 1117.rtf - esp. in Indonesia & SE Asia, also S America outside Brazil
Why the Way We Manage the Carbon Bio-Flux Matters 1017.rtf
Record Amazon Fires Stun Scientists; Sign of Sick, Degraded Forests 1017.rtf
Why the Forest Carbon Sink Is Disappearing - Death by 1,000 Cuts 0917.rtf
World’s Tropical Forests Are Huge Carbon Emission Source 0917.rtf
Deforestation Has Double the Global Warming Effect as Previously Thought 0917.rtf
Brazilian Court Blocks Abolition of Vast Amazon Reserve 0817.rtf
What Indonesia Is Doing about Its Deadly Haze from Forest and Peatland Fires 0817.rtf
A Nebraska-Sized Area of Forest Disappeared in 2015 - 0717.rtf
Paying People to Not Cut Down Trees Pays Off, Study Finds 0717.rtf
War-Torn South Sudan at Grave Risk on Climate Change 0717.rtf
Deforestation Soars in Colombia, after FARC Rebels' Demobilization 0717.rtf
Europe's Contribution to Deforestation Set to Rise, despite Pledge to Halt It 0617.rtf
Deforestation in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Rose Almost 60% in the Last Year 0617.rtf
Ending Land Clearing Would Compete with Renewables in Carbon Abatement 0517.rtf
The Strange Case of the Liana Vine and Its Role in Global Warming 0417.rtf
Amazon Jungle Faces Death Spiral of Drought and Deforestation, Warn Scientists 0317.rtf
Amazon Deforestation, Once Tamed, Comes Roaring Back 0217.rtf
Deforestation Rises with Incomes in Developing Economies 0117.rtf
We Are Destroying Rainforests So Quickly, They May Be Gone in 100 Years 0117.rtf
Humans Destroyed 7% of Earth’s Pristine Forest Landscapes Just since 2000 - 0117.rtf
Carbon Deposit in Congo Peat Swamp = 20 Years of U.S. CO2 Emissions 0117.rtf
Like U.S., Brazil Risks Falling Behind on Climate Change 1216.rtf
Amazon Rainforest Destruction Is Speeding Up, When Earth Can Least Afford It 1216.rtf
Deforestation Forces Up Brazil’s Carbon Emissions 1116.rtf
As Cities Warm, Trees Lose Some of Their Ability to Remove Carbon from the Air 1016.rtf
Indonesian Islamic Council Issues Fatwa on Forest Fires 0916.rtf
Alarming Number of Fires in the Brazilian Amazon 0916.rtf
Costa Rica’s Tapirs Have Surprising Link to Climate Change 0916.rtf - Big frugivores spread seeds of largest tropical trees.
Drought Shut Down Amazon Carbon Sink 0716.rtf
California Redwoods Store More Carbon per Acre than Any Other Forests 0716.rtf
Dry Amazon Could See Record Fire Season 0616.rtf
Forest Fires Can Heat Up the Whole Planet 0616.rtf - Northern (boreal) forest fires put carbon in the air not only from standing trees, but also from peat, while they thaw permafrost, for still more carbon emissions.
Norway Becomes 1st Nation to Ban Deforestation. How Will That Work? 0616.rtf
Spike in Alaska Wildfires Is Worsening Global Warming 0616.rtf
Queensland's Mangrove Ecosystem Dying in Secret 0516.rtf
These Tiny Mangroves Hold Vast Stores of Carbon 0316.rtf
China's Success Regrowing Its Forests Has a Flip Side - Deforestation Elsewhere 0316.rtf
Satellite Data Suggests Forest Loss Is Accelerating 0316.rtf
Africa’s Forests ‘Threatened by Palm Oil Rush' 0216.rtf
Rainforests May Store Less Carbon as Climate Changes 0216.rtf
Global Deforestation Is Decreasing. Or Is It? 0116.rtf - Contrast Indonesia (bad) with Brazil (mostly good).
Indonesia’s Fires Blamed for Potent Greenhouse Gases 0116.rtf - CO2  from peat etc. exceeds CO2 emisions from Germany, Japan.
Eliminating Large Fruit-Eating Animals Wrecks Tropical Forest Carbon Storage 1215.rtf
After Errors, Congo Basin Forest Effort Restarts with New Scrutiny 1215.rtf
Destruction of Brazil's Amazon Forest Jumps 16% in 2015 - 1115.rtf
Forests Are Key to Climate 1115.rtf
Forest Dieback Could Undermine U.S. Plans to Cut CO2 Emissions 1115.rtf
Indonesian Fires Are Pouring Huge Amounts of Carbon into the Atmosphere 1015.rtf
Alaskan Wildfires Could Make Global Warming Worse 1015.rtf - Soils, permafrost too.
Rapid and Startling Decline of World’s Vast Boreal Forests 1015.rtf
Deforestation Halved over Past Decades 0915.rtf
Tree Loss Slows, but Covers Area Twice the Size of Portugal in 2014 - 0915.rtf
Massive Wildfires Transform Siberian Paradise (by Lake Baikal) into Disaster Area 0815.rtf
Earth Is on Track to Lose an India-Sized Chunk of Tropical Forests by 2050 - 0815.rtf
Drought Damages Trees' Ability to Store Carbon 0715.rtf
Hundreds of Millions of Acres of World's Forest Could be Lost by 2030 - 0415.rtf
World's Plants and Soils to Switch from Carbon Sink to Source by 2100 - 0415.rtf
Canada and Russia Beat Tropical Countries to Top Global Deforestation List 0415.rtf
Subsidies to Deforesting Industries Worth 100 Times the Aid to Prevent It 0315.rtf
Indonesia Defends Deforestation for Palm Oil on Economic Grounds 0315.rtf
Amazon Forest Losing Carbon-Storing Capacity 0315.rtf
Brazil’s Deforestation Rates Are on the Rise Again 0315.rtf
Amazon Droughts Make 'Earth’s Lungs' Emit More CO2 Than They Capture 0315.rtf
Tropical Forests May Be Vanishing Even Faster Than Previously Thought 0215.rtf - satellite data vs national reports
Scientists - No, We Can't Fight Climate Change by Burning Trees 0215.rtf
Zimbabwe Forests Under Threat 0215.rtf
Western Amazon Oil Boom Covers Chile-Sized Bloc of Rainforest 0215.rtf
Southern Forests' Ability to Suck Carbon From the Air May Be Slowing 0215.rtf
Obama's Climate Plan Could Threaten U.S. Forests 0115.rtf
Tropical Forests May Inhaling 1:3 of Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions 0115.rtf

Tropical Deforestation Could Disrupt Rainfall Globally 1214.rtf - take #1 on study
Tropical Deforestation Threatens Global Food Production 1214.rtf - take #2 on study
Amazon Peatlands Are ‘Most Carbon-Dense Ecosystem' 1214.rtf
Tropical Rainforests Not Absorbing as Much Carbon as Expected 1214.rtf
Indonesia Cracks Down on Deforestation, in Symbolic U-Turn 1114.rtf
New Amazon Carbon Maps May Help Limit Deforestation 1114.rtf
Global Meat Demand Plows Up Brazil's 'Underground Forest' 1114.rtf
Drying Amazon Could Be Major Carbon Concern 1014.rtf
Indonesian Deforestation to Continue, Amid Emission-Reduction Plans 0814.rtf
Canada’s Boreal Forests Are Burning – and Releasing Loads of Carbon 0714.rtf
Indonesia Surpasses Brazil in Deforestation Rate 0614.rtf
Rainforest Absorption of CO2 Becoming Erratic 0114.rtf
Indonesia’s Forests Are Shrinking, Despite Reforms 1013.rtf
How Much Carbon Does a Tropical Tree Sequester? 0710.rtf
NASA Map Reveals Tropical Forest Carbon Storage 0511.rtf
Urban Sprawl Threatens Water Quality, Land Conservation Gains 1213.rtf
Europe's Forests Nearing Carbon Saturation 0813.rtf
European Forests Near Carbon Saturation Point 0813.rtf
US Forest Fire CO2 Can Exceed Cars' 1207.rtf
2002 Drought Cut N America CO2 Sink 50% 1207.rtf
Heat Turns Plants from Sinks to Sources 0908.rtf
Amazon Forest Flips to Be a Carbon Source 0409.rtf
Forests Dying in Western US from Warming 0409.rtf
Canada Forests Become Carbon Source 0409.rtf
Forest Loss Slows 0310.rtf
World Forest Area Still Declining 0812.rtf
We Can Reforest the Earth 0712.rtf
Warming to Cut Carbon Sink in Western US 1207.rtf
US Forests Dying from Climate Change 0109.webarchive
Trees Absorb Less Carbon in Warming World Than Experts Have Assumed 0512.rtf
Soybean Demand Attacks Amazon Rainforest 1209.rtf
Land Plant Carbon Uptake Reverses 0810.rtf
How Beijing Is Shaping the Amazon 0213.rtf
Forest Change Risks Climate Goal 1211.rtf
Forest Biofuel Production Will Raise Carbon Emissions 1011.rtf
Earth's Forest Carbon Sink Downsized 23% 1012.rtf
Deforestation Appears to Rise Again in Brazil 0113.rtf
Dead Trees in Colder Areas Decay Only Slowly 0313.rtf
Climate Talks Near Deal to Save Forests 1209.rtf
Climate Change Could Shrink Amazon 85% 0309.rtf
Amazon Forest Mostly Doomed 0809.rtf
Amazon Deforestation Rate Down 45% 1109.rtf
Amazon Deforestation at Record Low 1112.rtf
2nd 100-Year Amazon Drought in 5 Years Emitted More CO2 than China 0211.rtf
Drivers of Deforestation_Exec Sum 0611.pdf
Western Wildfires Impact on Carbon Balance 1207.pdf
N America Drought Cuts CO2 Uptake 1207.pdf - 33 pp