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> Forests that don’t burn down in regular fires don’t sequester carbon long term either. Trees die and slowly rot on the forest floor, releasing their carbon ba
by jjk166 5y ago
> Forests that don’t burn down in regular fires don’t sequester carbon long term either. Trees die and slowly rot on the forest floor, releasing their carbon back into the atmosphere.
But at the same time those old trees are rotting, new trees are growing. So long as the forest exists (as opposed to say prairie), the carbon is sequestered.
- chongli 5y agoYes, that is true, but forests are limited in capacity by the fraction of earth's surface they cover. Fossil fuels represent hundreds of millions of years of accumulated growth. Against that even a thousand-year-old forest is minimal.