Re:Nasa Happily Reports the Earth Is Greener
by ordu on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @01:58AM
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Green mass of the leafs is the captured carbon dioxide that doesn't contribute to a greenhouse effect. Even if all leafs will be oxidized in a year, it doesn't matter because new leafs will emerge. Though I'm not sure about actual green mass on the Earth and cannot compare it with mass of CO2 in athmosphere, maybe it is too small to have any effect.
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Re:Nasa Happily Reports the Earth Is Greener
by bouvin on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @04:21AM
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An our challenge going forward is the long term sequestration of carbon, this will not help, as it will not capture the excess CO₂ released by humanity. If a significant part of this greening is farmland, there is of course also the CO₂ released through field work and harvesting to consider.