Erle Ellis

Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Expertise: Landscape ecology, Global change, Sustainable landscape management

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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

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