Presented to 1dp in million km2, I’m not sure how much Oceania could practically change.
New Zealand only has 0.26M km2 and some of that can’t be forested. A lot of Australia can’t be forested without a few (quite a few?) generations of crazy effort and some handy scientific breakthroughs.
I wonder if it would be more useful to have it shown as a percentage change as well as an absolute change (depending on the source data of course).
eg
North America 🟢 1.3% / 0.1 km2
South America 🔴 -17.5% / -1.8M km2
…
I’m uncertain of the weather dynamics and the effects on atmospheric-water movements, but maybe Northern and Southern Hemisphere totals would be useful too.
Regardless. Sobering numbers in a long list of sobering numbers
(arguably, after looking at such numbers for years, and seeing no sign of an en masse shift in policy and behaviour, maybe not so sober)
Presented to 1dp in million km2, I’m not sure how much Oceania could practically change.
New Zealand only has 0.26M km2 and some of that can’t be forested. A lot of Australia can’t be forested without a few (quite a few?) generations of crazy effort and some handy scientific breakthroughs.
I wonder if it would be more useful to have it shown as a percentage change as well as an absolute change (depending on the source data of course).
eg
I’m uncertain of the weather dynamics and the effects on atmospheric-water movements, but maybe Northern and Southern Hemisphere totals would be useful too.
Regardless. Sobering numbers in a long list of sobering numbers
(arguably, after looking at such numbers for years, and seeing no sign of an en masse shift in policy and behaviour, maybe not so sober)