{"id":24417,"date":"2014-09-24T18:28:59","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T11:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/?p=24417"},"modified":"2015-10-06T16:07:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T09:07:10","slug":"la-pagina-de-opinion-del-new-york-times-se-equivoca-sobre-el-papel-de-los-bosques-en-el-clima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/es\/24417\/la-pagina-de-opinion-del-new-york-times-se-equivoca-sobre-el-papel-de-los-bosques-en-el-clima","title":{"rendered":"La p\u00e1gina de opini\u00f3n del New York Times se equivoca sobre el papel de los bosques en el clima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La semana pasada, Nadine Unger, profesora asistente de la Universidad de Yale, public\u00f3 un <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/20\/opinion\/to-save-the-planet-dont-plant-trees.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">art\u00edculo de opini\u00f3n<\/a> en el New York Times, afirmando que para salvar el planeta no debemos plantar \u00e1rboles. Esta opini\u00f3n es tan errada y en tantos niveles, que es dif\u00edcil referirnos a todos aqu\u00ed. Son muchas las razones por las que necesitamos cuidar los bosques y plantar \u00e1rboles: proteger las reservas de agua, revertir la p\u00e9rdida de la biodiversidad, asegurar la existencia de polinizadores para los cultivos y por la captaci\u00f3n de carbono para reducir el cambio clim\u00e1tico inducido por el hombre.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Hay muchas y muy variadas buenas razones para conservar los bosques; reducir el cambio clim\u00e1tico es solo una de ellas.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>El art\u00edculo comienza con una discusi\u00f3n sobre el mecanismo internacional de <a href=\"\/\/www.cifor.org\/gcs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">REDD+<\/a> (reducci\u00f3n de emisiones por deforestaci\u00f3n y degradaci\u00f3n de los bosques), cuyo objetivo es reducir la deforestaci\u00f3n tropical y aumentar la absorci\u00f3n de carbono de la atm\u00f3sfera mediante la regeneraci\u00f3n de los bosques tropicales. Unger se\u00f1ala que esto no funcionar\u00e1, citando un viejo argumento sobre los efectos de compensaci\u00f3n de las emisiones de carbono y el aumento de la reflexi\u00f3n de la energ\u00eda cuando se eliminan los bosques \u2014el llamado efecto albedo\u2014. Este argumento se\u00f1ala que los bosques son oscuros (basta con mirar una fotograf\u00eda a\u00e9rea o una imagen de Google Earth) y absorben la energ\u00eda solar, mientras que los campos agr\u00edcolas y los pastos son m\u00e1s claros y reflejan la energ\u00eda solar. Es la raz\u00f3n por la que un autom\u00f3vil negro estacionado bajo el sol con las ventanillas cerradas se calienta m\u00e1s que uno de color blanco. As\u00ed, los bosques absorben energ\u00eda y calientan la atm\u00f3sfera inferior. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/104\/16\/6550.abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Un estudio de 2007 dirigido por G. Bala<\/a> (y otros), publicado en la revista cient\u00edfica <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/em>, mostr\u00f3 claramente que la deforestaci\u00f3n global llevar\u00eda a un enfriamiento de la temperatura. El efecto albedo supera al efecto del carbono en el balance energ\u00e9tico, y la Tierra se enfr\u00eda cuando se eliminan bosques.<\/p>\n<p>Sin embargo \u2014y este es un \u201csin embargo\u201d muy importante en esta discusi\u00f3n\u2014, cuando los autores observaron el comportamiento de ambos efectos en diferentes latitudes, llegaron a la conclusi\u00f3n de que el efecto albedo superaba al efecto del carbono en latitudes altas (bosques templados y boreales del norte), mientras que el efecto del carbono superaba al efecto albedo a bajas latitudes (los tr\u00f3picos). Detener la deforestaci\u00f3n tropical e incrementar la plantaci\u00f3n de \u00e1rboles en pa\u00edses de REDD+, donde el efecto albedo es menor que el efecto del carbono, tiene sentido desde el punto de vista del balance energ\u00e9tico. Es por ello que los esfuerzos internacionales se centran en detener la deforestaci\u00f3n tropical y rehabilitar bosques tropicales degradados. No existe una propuesta de mecanismo de REDD+ para los pa\u00edses del norte.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CARBONO NEGRO Y FALACIAS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>M\u00e1s adelante en el art\u00edculo, Unger trae a colaci\u00f3n las absurdas declaraciones de Ronald Reagan sobre la contaminaci\u00f3n producida por los \u00e1rboles y la importancia de los compuestos org\u00e1nicos vol\u00e1tiles (COV) en la formaci\u00f3n del ozono y el metano de la troposfera. La autora se\u00f1ala que los COV, componentes naturales de la atm\u00f3sfera, reaccionan con otros contaminantes antropog\u00e9nicos (especialmente \u00f3xidos de nitr\u00f3geno) para formar gases de efecto invernadero. Uno pensar\u00eda que si los COV son componentes naturales de la atm\u00f3sfera, la culpa recae m\u00e1s en los contaminantes recientemente introducidos.<\/p>\n<p>Pero esto no es as\u00ed para Unger. La qu\u00edmica atmosf\u00e9rica est\u00e1 llena de procesos no lineales \u2014los cient\u00edficos lo entendieron hace d\u00e9cadas\u2014. Cuando los \u00f3xidos de nitr\u00f3geno (tambi\u00e9n componentes naturales de la atm\u00f3sfera) est\u00e1n presentes en concentraciones bajas, su reacci\u00f3n con los COV naturales da como resultado la destrucci\u00f3n del ozono y el metano, por lo que, naturalmente, estos COV ayudan a mantener limpia la atm\u00f3sfera. Sin embargo, cuando los \u00f3xidos de nitr\u00f3geno est\u00e1n presentes en concentraciones altas como consecuencia de la contaminaci\u00f3n causada por los seres humanos, los COV reaccionan con estos contaminantes para producir m\u00e1s ozono y metano. As\u00ed que el problema no es que los bosques contaminen, sino los graves problemas imprevistos asociados a la contaminaci\u00f3n humana. De hecho, la investigaci\u00f3n muestra que en lugar de tratar de controlar la contaminaci\u00f3n por ozono mediante la reducci\u00f3n de COV, ser\u00eda m\u00e1s rentable reducir la contaminaci\u00f3n de los \u00f3xidos de nitr\u00f3geno. Talar los \u00e1rboles es la soluci\u00f3n equivocada.<\/p>\n<p>Unger tambi\u00e9n evita por completo referirse el tema del carbono negro. Cuando se talan y queman bosques para permitir el uso agr\u00edcola del suelo, los incendios emiten carbono negro a la atm\u00f3sfera. Este carbono negro absorbe el calor, como el autom\u00f3vil negro del ejemplo anterior. Cuando los fuegos se producen en las turberas (dep\u00f3sitos de turba), esto crea otros enormes problemas, como los fen\u00f3menos de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forestsnews.cifor.org\/fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">contaminaci\u00f3n aguda del aire<\/a> que afectan cada cierto tiempo a Singapur y otras ciudades del sudeste asi\u00e1tico.<\/p>\n<p>Por \u00faltimo, Unger se sale por la tangente para esquivar el tema del ox\u00edgeno. Ning\u00fan cient\u00edfico ha sugerido jam\u00e1s que la deforestaci\u00f3n pueda ser catastr\u00f3fica o siquiera algo problem\u00e1tica en lo que respecta al ox\u00edgeno de la atm\u00f3sfera. No hay problema alguno aqu\u00ed: es todo una falacia.<\/p>\n<p>Hay muchas y diferentes buenas razones para conservar los bosques; reducir el cambio clim\u00e1tico es solo una de ellas. Uno debe cuestionar los motivos de una cient\u00edfica para salir a la tribuna a sembrar dudas sobre los debates, en v\u00edsperas de una importante conferencia internacional que har\u00e1 especial hincapi\u00e9 en tema de los bosques. Tambi\u00e9n hay que cuestionar las motivaciones del New York Times para publicar tal art\u00edculo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nota del editor: <\/strong>\u00bfQu\u00e9 piensa usted acerca de lo planteado en este art\u00edculo? Participe de la discusi\u00f3n envi\u00e1ndonos sus comentarios en el espacio que figura a continuaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La semana pasada, Nadine Unger, profesora asistente de la Universidad de Yale, public\u00f3 un art\u00edculo de opini\u00f3n en el New York Times, afirmando que para salvar el planeta no debemos plantar \u00e1rboles. Esta opini\u00f3n es tan errada y en tantos niveles, que es dif\u00edcil referirnos a todos aqu\u00ed. 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