The author needs to check his math or data.
If there are now 3 trillion trees rather than the previously thought 400 million, the undercount is 2.999600 trillion.
My guess is the previous count was 400 BILLION.
If there are now 3 trillion trees rather than the previously thought 400 million, the undercount is 2.999600 trillion.
My guess is the previous count was 400 BILLION.
But you don't really expect an academic "scientist" to keep track of all those zeros do you?
/S