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To put this in relative terms, there are approximately 3 trillion trees on earth today[1]. The roughest of napkin math estimates that it takes approximately 3
by kelseyfrog 3y ago
To put this in relative terms, there are approximately 3 trillion trees on earth today[1].
The roughest of napkin math estimates that it takes approximately 3 trillion trees(10kgCO2/yr)[2] just to absorb annual human CO2 emissions(37,857Mt/yr)[3].
1. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14967 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14967
2. https://onetreeplanted.org/blogs/stories/how-much-co2-does-tree-absorb https://onetreeplanted.org/blogs/stories/how-much-co2-does-t...
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...