‘Widespread Cooling (Up To -1.0°C) In Western And Central Europe’ Has Swept Across The Continent Sin

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NoTricksZone By Kenneth Richard on 9. March 2020

‘Widespread Cooling (Up To -1.0°C) In Western And Central Europe’ Has Swept Across The Continent Since 1992

A new study assesses a reduction in tree cover via urbanization or by clearing forests for cropland can warm up a locality by 1°C within 10 years. In contrast, transitions from croplands and urban centers to forests leads to cooling. Europe has been cooling recently (1992-2015) from land cover transitions to forests.

Urbanization adds multiple degrees of warming over decades

A few years ago a compelling analysis (Levermore et al., 2018) found the urban heat island effect can reach intensities of 8°C warmer temperatures than nearby rural sites.

Global warming can be reversed via land cover changes

From 1992 to 2015, there were about 70 million hectares (Mha) of land cover changes (LCCs) occurring across the European continent.

A substantial portion of these LCCs were “cropland-to-forest” transitions due to agricultural abandonment.

When a region returns to forest and tree cover, cooling ensues.

More: https://notrickszone.com/2020/03/09/widespread-cooling-up-to-1-0c-in-western-and-central-europe-has-swept-across-the-continent-since-1992/

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Millions of trees chopped down to make way for Scottish wind farms

The Telegraph By Simon Johnson Jan 2014

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10546071/Millions-of-trees-chopped-down-to-make-way-for-Scottish-wind-farms.html

Forestry Commission figures show more than five million trees have been felled thanks to wind farm developments since 2007, with fewer than 1.6 million planted to replace them.