Sentences with phrase «tropical afforestation»

We estimate that removing 1 Pg C y − 1 via tropical afforestation would require at least 7 × 106 ha y − 1 of land, 0.09 Tg y − 1 of nitrogen, and 0.2 Tg y − 1 of phosphorous, and would increase evapotranspiration from those lands by almost 50 %.

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This Guam research contributes to the ongoing global discussions about the role of afforestation for revegetating tropical degraded habitats.

Since every newly planted tree seedling in the tropics removes an average of 50 kilograms of CO2 from the atmosphere each year during its growth period of 20 — 50 years, compared with 13 kilograms of CO2 per year for a tree in the temperate regions, much of the afforestation and reforestation opportunity is found in tropical countries.

Swann, A. L. S., Fung, I. Y. & Chiang, J. C. H. Mid-latitude afforestation shifts general circulation and tropical precipitation.