A study by the Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences in the Indian Institute of Science has revealed that reducing fossil fuel emissions might have greater climate benefits than afforestation.
The study, “A comparison of the climate and carbon cycle effects of carbon removal by afforestation and an equivalent reduction in fossil fuel emissions” was conducted by Koramanghat Unnikrishnan Jayakrishnan and Govindasamy Bala at the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.
The duo in this paper compared the climate and carbon cycle consequences of carbon removal by afforestation, and an equivalent fossil fuel emission reduction using simulations from an intermediate complexity Earth system model.
