Geoengineering is a hotly debated topic these days. Everything from space mirrors to stratospheric particle injection and marine cloud brightening – all highly challenging proposals with extremely poorly understood consequences. Now a new research paper is proposing dumping large quantities of the northern boreal forests into the Arctic Ocean and then replanting them to capture a whole bunch of new CO2 from the atmosphere. Great plan? Or too many edibles?
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Reference Links
Arctic driftwood proposal for durable carbon removal – Büntgen et al
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-025-00327-1
New Scientist – Summary article
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510920-sinking-trees-in-arctic-ocean-could-remove-1-billion-tonnes-of-co2/
World Resources Institute
https://www.wri.org/research/responsible-informed-ocean-based-carbon-dioxide-removal
AGU paper
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2025PA005170
IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report 2023
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-cycle/
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Visual Capitalist – Fertility Rate infographic
Charted: Sinking Fertility Rates in the World’s 10 Largest Countries
RethinkX – Rethinking Climate Change (2021)
https://tonyseba.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/RethinkX-Retinking-Climate-Change.pdf
Worldometer – global population clock
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
Further reading
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-reforestation-greater-effect-climate-trees.html
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