zobrazit v plné velikostiToday is Earth Day, and everyone is going green — even Mother Nature!
Research published in Nature says the earth has gotten greener in the past two decades.
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Amsterdam and #
China studied #
vegetation over the past two decades and found that while tropical #
forests have declined, that loss was made up by increases in mixed forests and tropical #
savannahs and #
shrublands.
Since 2003, forests in #
Russia and #
China have expanded and tropical #
deforestation has declined, the report says, adding that the savannahs of northern #
Australia and southern #
Africa have also shown an increase in aboveground #
biomass #
carbon (basically, plant matter).
The loss of the #
rainforest is still something to be concerned about, the scientists said. But the increase in overall vegetation could help counteract #
climate change, since plants absorb the #
carbon dioxide that is released into the air via #
fossil #
fuels.
Yay for good ol’ Mother Nature!
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New forests and shrublands make up for any decline in tropical rain forests and counteract fossil fuels, scientists say.