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Erle Ellis
Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Expertise: Landscape ecology, Global change, Sustainable landscape management
Details:
CLAIMS REVIEWED
Planting trees can help mitigate some aspects of climate change, but it cannot solve all environmental crises
CLAIM
“Trees provide a solution to almost all environmental crises we're facing. Trees reverse climate change by cleaning carbon from the air.”
SOURCE: Pamela Anderson, 8 Billion Trees
Published: 25 Aug 2020
VERDICT
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