Restoring Ecosystems Can't Stop Climate Change 🏭❌🌳🌎🌐 Limited carbon sequestration potential from global ecosystem restoration www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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“if we plan restoration targets to match future climatic conditions and consider state transitions of currently natural ecosystems due to climate change, the potential for natural climate solutions related to ecosystem restoration is close to zero”
aug 1, 2025, 12:01 am • 0 0 • view
What category do you put this in @katharinehayhoe.com
aug 1, 2025, 12:25 am • 0 0 • view
Who ever said it could alone?
jul 31, 2025, 11:56 pm • 0 0 • view
Correct me if I am wrong, but 17.6% of anthropogenic emissions is not small potatoes, right? I mean, nobody was claiming high double digit numbers, or am I wrong? Also, if we free up 3 billion hectares of land for ecosystem restoration by cutting out meat & dairy, maybe that number goes up?
jul 31, 2025, 11:30 pm • 0 0 • view
But climate change isn't the only potentially catastrophic problem civilization is facing, and biodiversity loss is itself potentially civilization-ending. Saving and restoring ecosystems is worthwhile on its own. Plus, ecosystems help balance global systems in ways beyond carbon sequestration.
aug 1, 2025, 4:13 am • 0 0 • view
And, the inverse is also true: stopping climate change won't stop the other catastrophes we are barreling towards. Mass extinction event. Microplastics. The planetary water cycles destabilizing. Land degradation. And all the other realms identified by the Stockholm resilience group.
aug 1, 2025, 4:13 am • 0 0 • view
Climate is just one of 6 areas where we have already crossed thresholds of the planet's capacity to withstand the harms civilization is inflicting. But also, it's not like anyone in power in dominant nations is even thinking of restoring ecosystems at this point
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