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Yes, trees die and immediately sublimate. No, it turns out, decay is a long-term process, and much (most, even) of the carbon is taken up by the organisms that
by rosser 12y ago
Yes, trees die and immediately sublimate.
No, it turns out, decay is a long-term process, and much (most, even) of the carbon is taken up by the organisms that feed on that decay.
- monort 12y agoSo, what happens when that organisms die? Carbon should be stored somewhere without contact with oxygen, for forest to be carbon absorber.
- guard-of-terra 12y agoSwamps are good candidates for this (as opposed to forests)
- rosser 12y agoSo, what happens when that organisms die? Another organism feeds on its decay? Lather, rinse, repeat.