A Century of Reforestation Helped Keep the Eastern Us Cool (2024)
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A century of reforestation in the eastern US has helped mitigate warming, sparking discussion on the role of forests in climate regulation and the complexities of ecological conservation.
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Shade is part of the equation and so is retaining water. Once I was introduced to the idea of check dams and their role in water conservation, I started noticing how the redwoods often build their own on hilly terrain.
The landscape in a forest can be quite complex and rich.
There’s some other effects such as photosynthesis converting sunlight into chemical energy which in the short term is like reflecting that energy into the sky. At night plant metabolism warms the environment slightly and blocking the sky reduces radiative cooling to space, but that’s generally a good tradeoff for comfort.
I can't believe your Texan friend never noticed those phenomenon.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_earthworms_of_North_A...
Nobody made that claim. That's the strawman you chose to argue against instead.
Then people stop wearing wool, and here we are.