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Carboniferous ended 350M years ago. Today lignin is biodegradable and thus does not capture carbon past tree living mass.
by saba2008 5y ago
Carboniferous ended 350M years ago. Today lignin is biodegradable and thus does not capture carbon past tree living mass.
- montalbano 5y agoNo. Some of the carbon can end up being stored in the soil: https://extension.psu.edu/how-forests-store-carbon https://extension.psu.edu/how-forests-store-carbon Or alternatively, wood can be used for increasingly complex construction, for example this wooden skyscraper: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/berlins-woho-wooden-skyscraper-to-spring-up-zx5cds675 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/berlins-woho-wooden-skysc... Lastly, just increasing the carbon stored in living mass may be vastly beneficial.
- ifonly321 5y agoIf only you could bury that carbon, deep in the earth, to prevent it from biodegrading into the air. You could give it a goofy name, like landfill or something.