Scientists Discover There are 2.64 Trillion More Trees on Earth, Washington Post Whines About Deforestation
Science and environment reporter Chris Mooney reported that a new study of trees concluded the world’s tree population was 7.6 times greater than previously estimated. The researchers calculate that there are more than 3 trillion trees on the planet, 2.64 trillion more than they’d thought there were.
Mooney quoted Thomas Crowther, one of the study’s authors, who said, “We can now say that there’s less trees than at any point in human civilization.” Crowther is a postdoctoral researcher at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. – See more at: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/business/alatheia-larsen/2015/09/03/scientists-discover-there-are-264-trillion-more-trees#sthash.pnABgsDQ.dpuf
