Washington Post: We tend to have a greatly oversimplified view of the planets carbon problem -- and therefore, of what we have to do to solve it.
The general notion is that its all about fossil fuels, and so if we stop driving so much and using so much coal, we solve climate change. But there are other major players involved in putting carbon in the atmosphere and removing it, and a recent piece of research shows how one of them -- forests -- could make it harder for the United States to reach its express goal...