{"id":4134,"date":"2020-01-01T13:10:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T18:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/?page_id=4134"},"modified":"2020-02-24T10:57:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T15:57:54","slug":"plants-defenders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/cliveg\/highlights\/articles-with-press-releases\/plants-defenders\/","title":{"rendered":"plants-defenders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE, PLANTS ARE THE LONELY-ONLY DEFENDERS <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Jan-13-2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/d1bxh8uas1mnw7.cloudfront.net\/assets\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"altmetric-embed\" data-badge-type=\"donut\" data-altmetric-id=\"72441326\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Satellite data and models show global warming could be 20-25% higher were it not for the carbon trapping and cooling effect of a greening Earth during the past 40 years. Stopping deforestation and ecologically sensible large-scale tree planting could be one simple, but not sufficient, defense against climate change.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Contacts<\/strong><\/span>: Chi Chen (chenchi@bu.edu)<br \/>\nRanga Myneni (ranga.myneni@gmail.com)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s43017-019-0001-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Read the paper at Nature Reviews Earth and Environment<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43017-019-0001-x\/metrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Altimetric Details<\/span><\/strong><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Press Releases<br 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