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Deforestation actually COOLS parts of the US, says bombshell NASA report
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Deforestation actually COOLS parts of the US, says bombshell NASA report
Startling new NASA-funded research indicates that, contrary to popular wisdom, deforestation in the US does not always cause planetary warming and may, in fact, cool the climate, depending on the area involved.
The bombshell research was led by Christopher A. Williams, an environmental scientist and professor in Clark University’s Graduate School of Geography.
The peer-reviewed study will likely have far-reaching implications for policy and land management efforts across the US and beyond.
Using state-of-the-art satellite remote sensing, as opposed to computer models as was the case in many previous studies, Williams and his team examined what uses various deforested areas were repurposed for (urban, agricultural, grassland etc.) and quantified how much biomass carbon was released into the atmosphere as a result.
They then calculated how much additional sunlight would be reflected back out into space as a result, depending on the particular change in landscape.
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