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I've been doing preliminary research on what kind of high-density trees grow reasonably fast in different climates. If the wood has a high enough density it wi
by craigyk 10y ago
I've been doing preliminary research on what kind of high-density trees grow reasonably fast in different climates. If the wood has a high enough density it will sink in water without treatment. Wood that has been submerged can take 100s of years to decay. Hence it might be possible to lock away a lot of carbon and give us some breathing room, by repeatedly clear-cutting and reseeding forests and sinking the logs. Even without high-density wood, it might be worth the effort to treat the timber so that it will stay sunken. I did some estimates previously that suggest the amount of land area that would have to be dedicated to this to reduce atmospheric CO2 is not unreasonable.
- aaronblohowiak 10y agoWhy sink when you could dehydrate it in the desert? Rot needs water.
- hvidgaard 10y agoWonder what that would do to the desert over time. If it could reclaim some desert land it would be wonderful.
- craigyk 10y agoPart of the equation is do what makes the most sense locally. So sure, if you are closer to desert, that's the way to go.
- bluGill 10y agoIf you are close to the desert you probably don't have forests though. Tree need a lot of water, as things get dryer the land transitions to grassland before desert. Of course mountains are often a factor. There are deserts at the base of forested mountains. The mountain takes all the rain.