[Deestan]

This is a good example of a headline that is both accurate and dishonestly misleading.

Like if we discovered spitting at a housefire would slow it down more than expected, it's still not preventing it from burning to the ground. It's just going to allow some asshat to say "See? Let's defund the fire brigade."

[somenameforme]

It states that reforestation would result in a reduction in excess of 25% of all observed warming since preindustrial times. And there is every reason to believe there's even more feedback systems we are, as of yet, unaware of that could increase that further (though also potentially decrease it of course).

In any case it's certainly not spitting at a fire.

[lo0dot0]

It's also not possible to tap into the full amount of reduction because of the land use

[steve_adams_86]

I see where you’re coming from, and maybe you meant to be hyperbolic, but the impact of forests on quality of life for humans goes beyond cooling effects, which on their own are more significant than you’re giving credit. I think there’s more to gain here than you’d get in the house fire scenario.

I also don’t see anyone wanting to defund other efforts because trees make a difference. We may see local improvements, but I doubt we’d see global improvements such that anyone would think we’re home free. I could be wrong.

I see this as more of a quality of life improvement that could help make the inevitable bigger fight more bearable.