Thread:Proxima Centauri/@comment-26279493-20150524071704/@comment-681745-20150524165957

This surprises me as one of my links is to the Scientific American and I wouldn't expect the Scientific American to be in the pay of the fossil fuel lobby. See, Deforestation and Its Extreme Effect on Global Warming.

On reflection I agree that fossil fuel burning matters more than deforestation but deforestation has some bad effects. Trees that would have lived for centuries get burnt down now. New trees don't grow up to replace them. If the forests are allowed to stay sizable amounts of carbon are locked up there. As trees die and decay others grow to replace them.

I'm not sure what the truth is or how the article should be amended. Let's both think this over.