Can planting a trillion trees reverse the damage of climate change?

[ad_1] Restoration ecologist Karen Holl explains why it’s not that simple. Last year there was some very encouraging research that found there is room for an extra 0.9 billion hectares of canopy cover which could store 205 gigatonnes of carbon. The researchers wrote that this wasn’t “just one of our climate change solutions, it is […]

A suburb in Costa Rica gives citizenship to plants, trees, and bees | MNN

[ad_1] If you happen to be a pollinator, you might want to wing your way to sunny Costa Rica. In fact, Curridabat — a suburb of the capital, San Jose — is pulling out all the stops to make bees, bats, hummingbirds, and butterflies feel at home. They’re even offering citizenship. It’s all part of […]