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Trees only hold carbon until they fall and rot. It's not a permanent solution.
by lawpoop 10y ago
Trees only hold carbon until they fall and rot. It's not a permanent solution.
- sp332 10y agoEven old-growth forests sequester carbon over time. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v455/n7210/full/nature07276.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v455/n7210/full/nature0...
- whuh 10y agoAnd then when they fossilize, they sequester even more! ...until, of course, humans come along and unsequester it.
- dredmorbius 10y agoTrees don't vanish into clouds of CO₂ on impact with the ground. Time-to-rot varies, from 50-100 years for a spruce, 200-300 for a pine. I've witnessed downed redwoods myself, over the course of four, nearly five decades, which have failed to decompose even in highly damp conditions. Bogs and swamps are also underappreciated CO₂ sinks.