Scientists apparently can't predict where forests are right now, but weather patterns one hundred years from now, no problem. Some things were never suitable for a 'free market' and CO2 is one of them
Questioning Carbon Accounting For Lakes And Rivers
People are willing to set up a two trillion dollar global market to read carbon, but their carbon models are so primitive that giant 'oops' moments are now happening on a regular basis reports Joanne Nova. 1
A Yale-led study in 2015 estimated that there are more than 3 trillion trees on Earth, about seven and a half times more than some previous estimates. Previously, the only global estimate was just over 400 billion trees worldwide, or about 61 trees for every person on Earth. The Yale study used a combination of appaoiches to reveal that there are 3 trillion trees—roughly 422 trees per person. 2