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Did you take into account that trees have died since the start of the industrial revolution, taking their carbon with them, and that new trees grew and are sequ
by mikem170 8y ago
Did you take into account that trees have died since the start of the industrial revolution, taking their carbon with them, and that new trees grew and are sequestering more carbon? I.e. if there were 200 GtC of trees and the average tree lived 100 years that is 400 GtC sequesters in 200 years. (I don't know exact figures.)
- rgbrenner 8y agoThat's not the case. When a tree dies it will be broken down by microbes, animals, fungi, etc and as that happens, all of the co2 it sequestered will be released back into the atmosphere. The only time this was not true was during the carboniferous period.. before those microbes existed.. that's how we got coal. But that will never happen again.