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Thomas Crowther scientist from Yale University (USA) and his colleagues analyzed satellite images and forestry data using a supercomputer. At the same time they were able to accurately count the number of trees in the modern world, and find out that their number on the surface of the planet decreased by about 46% since the emergence of the first centers of civilization.
According to the “Trees store a a huge amount of carbon, they are critical to maintaining the cycle of nutrients in nature provide us with clean water and air, as well as countless other things. But when you ask someone to evaluate, at least up to order, how many trees there are in the world, almost all of us are difficult to answer. I myself was surprised that we’re talking about the number of the order of trillions. ”
Environmentalists have published an article in the journal Nature.
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