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Trees also act as thermal sinks. They transfer surface heat down into their roots, where it is cool underground.
by nostromo 3y ago
Trees also act as thermal sinks. They transfer surface heat down into their roots, where it is cool underground.
- eep_social 3y agoMore precisely, the temperature underground is very stable. At 8-12 feet there is little to no variation over the course of a year. So in a cold season it will be warmer underground than ambient (this is why foundations are dug “below the frost line”) while the opposite is true during a warm season.