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Life usually sequesters carbon only until it rots. An implication of this is that maintaining the Amazon is good for us, not because it captures more carbon --
by Jeff_Brown 3y ago
Life usually sequesters carbon only until it rots.
An implication of this is that maintaining the Amazon is good for us, not because it captures more carbon -- it's biomass is not on net growing -- but because if we cut it down its biomass shrinks (because it goes into the air).
- lukas099 3y agoIf you are building new habitat you can lock up carbon permanently by creating a self-replenishing ecosystem. This can be jump-started with dead organic matter but will eventually become a living system.