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If we assume that the forests will regrow to their former strength then the fires are indeed not all the consequential. The trees release the stored CO2 when th
by wongarsu 3mo ago
If we assume that the forests will regrow to their former strength then the fires are indeed not all the consequential. The trees release the stored CO2 when they burn, and new plants will take up an equivalent amount of CO2 again when they grow. The CO2 sequestered in a forest is more or less just the biomass in it (some is in the soil, but not that much)
But if climate change leads to permanently losing those forests, that is an effect we will feel. Still less bad than losing permafrost
- BurningFrog 3mo agoIf we figured out how to store chopped down trees somewhere where the wood doesn't break down, that would be a really effective way to get CO2 out of the air! Easier said than done, of course. Sinking millions of trees to the bottom of the ocean might be the most practical way.
- palata 3mo agoThose space datacenters that SpaceX is building, can't they make them out of wood?
- throw-the-towel 3mo agoWill they weigh the same as a duck? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_l5ntikaU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_l5ntikaU)
- BurningFrog 3mo agoTheir huge solar panels will surely block some sunlight! That will lower the warming!
- xnx 3mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochar_carbon_removal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochar_carbon_removal