Are trees good for us?
17th 2007f April, 2007, PeterA group of climate modelers have found some counter-intuitive results from eliminating the world’s trees. Apparently, the impact of forests partly depends on which latitudes they are in. Report from The Economist:
“When Dr Bala ordered global clearcutting, the model calculated that the atmosphere’s carbon dioxide levels would roughly double by 2100. [...]

