The Earth Observatory data, combined with models, has shown that, just as most politics is local, so is most pollution.
In keeping up with that idea, here is an article showing that trees are important sinks, and ultimately when they die, sources of
carbon dioxide. Which means, of course, that we have to replant the trees that are lost through storms or through harvesting. It also means that we have to plant the kind of trees that can properly survive in such an environment, such as cypress-tupelo. We also really need to listen to the scientists that have been telling us how important it is to allow the Mississippi to move around again, a process that deposited silt, which in turn created a protective solid and biological barrier to the the destructive forces and tidal surges of the gulf during storms.
