Presented to 1dp in million km2, I’m not sure how much Oceania could practically change.
New Zealand only has 0.26M km2 and some of that can’t be forested. A lot of Australia can’t be forested without a few (quite a few?) generations of crazy effort and some handy scientific breakthroughs.
I wonder if it would be more useful to have it shown as a percentage change as well as an absolute change (depending on the source data of course).
eg
- North America 🟢 1.3% / 0.1 km2
- South America 🔴 -17.5% / -1.8M km2
- …
I’m uncertain of the weather dynamics and the effects on atmospheric-water movements, but maybe Northern and Southern Hemisphere totals would be useful too.
Regardless. Sobering numbers in a long list of sobering numbers
(arguably, after looking at such numbers for years, and seeing no sign of an en masse shift in policy and behaviour, maybe not so sober)