Earth Is Getting Greener

BRING BACK OUR FORESTS

Updated Apr. 14, 2017 12:03PM EDT / Published Mar. 31, 2015 2:32PM EDT

Here's some rare good environmental news: Erth is getting slightly greener. According to a study in Nature Climate Change, satellite images show the planet amassed four tons of vegetation between 2003 and 2012, particularly in the former USSR and China. The study did not compare atmospheric carbon dioxide, which has been rising consistently, and plant life. Unfortunately, the rain forests in South America and Southeast Asia are undergoing massive deforestation.

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Earth Is Getting Greener