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Forest Salvation

Trees can soak up carbon from the air, and California is making it profitable for landowners to grow more trees, more quickly ? spawning a new industry in forest repair.

Trees can soak up carbon dioxide, one of the major greenhouse gases, from the air. Now, California has created one of the first regulated methods for landowners to make money by growing more trees, more quickly, and other states are following suit. Living on Earth’s Ingrid Lobet reports on how forests can help landowners provide part of the solution to climate change.