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Study suggests clearcutting and snow farming as global warming mitigation
2014-02-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit County: Snow farming is nothing new for ski area operators, who have long been cultivating the white stuff to help keep their slopes covered. Now, a recent study by researchers at Darthmouth College suggests that snow farming could also make sense on a larger scale, in the context of climate-change mitigation. In a novel look at forests and snow, their report says that replacing forests with snow-covered meadows may provide greater climatic and economic benefits than if slow-growing trees are left standing...
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