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Argument: Increasing droughts impairs carbon sequestration by trees

Issue Report: Reforestation as a solution to global warming

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“Trees Won’t Fix Global Warming”. Climate Progress – “One researcher [of a Duke University Study] noted, ‘If water availability decreases at the same time that carbon dioxide increases, then we might not have a net gain in carbon sequestration.’ Well, climate change is projected to decrease water availability in many parts of the world, including the American West. If water availability decreases at the same time that carbon dioxide increases, then we might not have a net gain in carbon sequestration.”