It may not change the overall picture, but it may give us a bit of shimmy room. "Increases in trees in the 27 EU countries between 1990 and 2005 absorbed an additional 126m tonnes of carbon, an amount equal to 11% of emissions, a study by the University of Helsinki study found. European forests are absorbing carbon dioxide at a higher rate than previously expected, the researchers said."
But it is only shimmy room: "Forested areas in the UK have doubled over the last 60 years, but the Forestry Commission warned that further expansion was limited by pressure on the land. And three-quarters of the nation's land area would be needed just to offset emissions from cars."
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