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Sara M. Leavitt

joined in Sep 6, 2021

Climate Science Deputy Director at The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, USA.

Leavitt has 1 break published.

How to fight climate change? Let forests grow

The world is waking up to the potential for trees to help in the fight against climate change. Forests have always absorbed substantial carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. Still, the human disturbance has relegated forests to approximately half their pre-historic extent, with more forests... click to read more

Susan C. Cook-Patton | Senior Forest Restoration Scientist at The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, USA

Sara M. Leavitt | Climate Science Deputy Director at The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, USA

Peter W. Ellis | Natural Climate Solutions Science Team Lead at The Nature Conservancy, Portland, ME, USA

climate change

natural climate solutions

natural forest regrowth

carbon

reforestation

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Sep 6, 2021