The climate impact of biofuels is usually considered in terms of their net effect on greenhouse-gas emissions. The expansion of sugar cane into pastureland for biofuel production is now shown to also exert a direct local cooling effect.
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Betts, R. A sweetener for biofuels. Nature Clim Change 1, 99–101 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1102
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