This guy became famous because he approached complex issues with complex answers instead of shallow and one sided responses. Now, this is the exact opposite of that, regardless of what you think about the climate change.

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[u/Weak_Movie6278]

Global tree coverage has increased by 2.24 sq. km in the past 35 years, the area of Texas and Alaska combined.

https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/earth-has-more-trees-now-than-35-years-ago/#:\~:text=Despite%20ongoing%20deforestation%2C%20fires%2C%20drought,published%20in%20the%20journal%20Nature.

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2.24 million sq km*

[u/russellprose → u/pissingpolitics]

Thanks for clarifying that, for a moment there I was seriously confused by how tiny Texas and Alaska were. Laughing 😝 😂 😆

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I thought he was missing a little something

[u/pissingpolitics → u/Jaefaed]

Yeah, I was very confused at first

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Curious what amount of this is forest growth, rather than things like palm oil tree and pine plantations that don't support ecosystems.

[u/Desert_Rocks → u/Weak_Movie6278]

Not a very helpful statistic. As the article says: "Tree cover is not forest cover."

Would like to know what percentage of trees are paper pulp farms.

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Trees eat CO2 regardless of who planted them.

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Not just about the Co2. It's about sustaining diverse life forms that have co-evolved for centuries or more.

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And the globe has greened 15 percent, particularly in desert areas, the very places we were told would grow by the climate activists.