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Shane Coffield

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Dr. Shane Coffield is currently a postdoctoral researcher in biospheric sciences at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. He recently completed his PhD in Earth System Science from UC Irvine, where he studied climate change and ecosystems in the Western US.

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Shane Coffield

Dr. Shane Coffield is currently a postdoctoral researcher in biospheric sciences at NASA Goddard Space ...see more

Shane Coffield
Dec 13 2022

Satellites detect no real climate benefit from 10 years of forest carbon offsets in California

Illuminem Voices
Carbon Capture & Storage · Carbon Market
Many of the companies promising “net-zero” emissions to protect the climate are relying on vast swaths of forests and what are known as carbon offsets to meet that goal. On paper, carbon offsets appear to balance out a company’s carbon emissions: The company pays to protect trees, which absorb carbon dioxide from the air. The company can then claim the absorbed carbon dioxide as an offset that reduces its net impact on the climate. However, our new satellite analysis reveals what researchers have suspected for years: Forest offsets might not actually be doing much for the climate.

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