The empress tree is apparently considered invasive in a lot of US states, like that's a bad thing, even tho all it really means is "this tree will capture the SHIT out of some carbon if given half a chance" (about 10x/acre that of other trees, and it's apparently even a good wood products tree!)
I did some math a while back, and the amount of carbon capture that needs to be done came up to something like....planting 1/4 of the surface area of a state like NC with empress trees where there were no trees before? A lot of land but not compared to all the landmass in the world?
@Snapai you need to keep them from burning as well, and account for displaced biomass from other plants. A lot of the time invasive plants grow like crazy, overdo it, then go poof in a forest fire..
@Doephin
I do have a bias for my home biome, which is nearly temperate rainforest. A drought here is "approaching normal rainfall for anywhere else" ;)