Observed increase in local cooling effect of deforestation at higher latitudes
According to a new paper published in "Nature", the climate models suggest that the conversion of forest to grasslands or crops could create a cooling effect through an increase in surface albedo, and this work shows that the models are right. More in http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7373/full/nature10588.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20111117