2014 warmest year – can nature help?

According to NASA, 2014 was the warmest year on record since 1880 when temperatures were first recorded.

However, nature can help. At the same time as we increase carbon dioxide, so much of the nature kingdom is also being destroyed.

Many trees and vegetation are cut down, and the oceans are becoming increasingly polluted. As a result, the carbon dioxide, which is processed by trees and algae into oxygen, is not being consumed at the rate it could be if the earth had more vegetation and cleaner oceans.

In other words, it’s not just a simple case of increased levels of carbon dioxide causing global warming, but that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is heightened since there’s less of it being used up by nature.

We can do something about this. Besides cutting down on the use of carbon-based fuels by turning to alternative forms of power such as solar and wind, we can also reduce the increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the air by planting more trees, nurturing more vegetation, and cleaning up waterways.

Why not, as well as reducing greenhouse gases, also increase vegetation to reduce CO2?