Link Between Land Clearance and Climate Change Found in Queensland via Forest Protection Blog
Major new research from Queensland, Australia "has found a direct link between land-clearing and climate change" [ark | moreark] . Areas throughout southern Queensland that had been cleared of native vegetation were found to have lost 12 percent of their summer rainfall and to have experienced an average 2C rise in temperatures. The study found that land clearing was just as significant in terms of climate change [search] as greenhouse gas production.Should these findings hold up and be found to be generalized throughtout Australia and other areas globally where remaining natural vegetation is being cleared, it would suggest a major revision in climate change policy-making is due. It is not enough to just focus upon greenhouse gases, but maintaining natural vegetation through...