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Yes but it is how it stays that is the problem. If the energy because locked in cell walls because it helped a tree grow then it isn't available to heat up thin
by dougSF70 5y ago
Yes but it is how it stays that is the problem. If the energy because locked in cell walls because it helped a tree grow then it isn't available to heat up things.
- rzzzwilson 5y ago> how it stays that is the problem. Absolutely correct. But the wavelengths of light used by photosynthesis is mostly green light, and well over 95% of light is reflected from plants. So most of the solar energy, especially the infrared and near infrared stay around in the atmosphere and heat it up. I suspect that the biggest effect of increased mass of living plant material is the decrease of CO2 that would follow, but I have no quantitive figures.
- dougSF70 5y agoSo trees use some energy and remove insulation (CO2). I wonder how much of the energy is reflected back by plants. More energy is in the blue end of the spectrum, if plants are absorbing bluer light then perhaps 80% of energy is reflected?