Deforestation Causes Cooling In N. U.S., Canada: ‘Deforestation, considered by scientists to contribute significantly to global warming, has been shown to actually cool local climate in n. latitudes’
Study published in Nature: 'If you cut trees in the boreal region, north of 45 degrees latitude, you have a net cooling effect,' said Xuhui Lee, professor of meteorology at the Yale School of Forestry & Env. Studies. 'You release carbon into the atmosphere by cutting down trees, but you increase the albedo effect—the reflection of sunlight.'
