Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Discovery Project Earth

The following video shows a brief summary of Dr. Mark Hodges' idea of planting trees on a grand scale via aircrafts.


Source: http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/discovery-project-earth-raining-forests-in-a-nutshell.html

2 comments:

  1. Hmm. Were you convinced by his idea?

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  2. I think the method as such could be useful, if the goal is to reforest a large area in less time. However it also has to be considered, that it could be problematic if only one species is planted and I am not sure if this method can create a functioning forest ecosystem. Also it is important that trees are planted in the right regions. As I mentioned before forestation at high latitudes can be counterproductive (due to albedo effects).
    So I think his idea is a good approach but I am not sure if it will work the way it is supposed to work.

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