The most recent study shows that in the US (I don't know about other countries) there are more trees present now than when the settlers first arrived. You can't believe everything you read and you absolutely have to understand everything you read. Saying we are destroying trees doesn't necessarily mean we are almost out of trees...it just means we are destroying trees. Scientists have a job too and when they publish papers and do studies they are getting paid to do it. It's the same tactic that the news uses to grab your attention "Is your childs toothbrush slowly killing them? News at 10". You have to really look at what is being said. For instance the title of this news article is "Record death in carribean corals." what does that mean? It just means more died this year than "supposedly" has died before. So, just going on the title alone, if up until this point 20 corals in the entire carribean area died a year and this year 21 died, that is enough to make that title a true statement. You have to read objectively.