Re:Canada’s Forgotten Rainforest
by hackbinary on Sunday July 28, 2019 @09:40AM
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The bio diversity of conifer, rain or otherwise, is fractional of tropical rain forests. There are about 5 main coniferous species:
Red cedar
Douglas fir
Sitka Spruce
Yellow cedar
West coast hemlock
Pls source your claims https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259766087_Rate_of_t...
Maybe instead of "debunked", you meant to say "this is a controversial issue".
Here's a better source to support your claims: http://www.co2science.org/subject/f/summaries/forestold.php
CO2 Science is a fossil fuel funded climate denial center.
https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Center_for_the_Study_o...
Ok. Why do climate deniers find it important to convince us old forests are important for CO2 balance maintenance?
Re:Canada’s Forgotten Rainforest
by ricardobeat on Sunday July 28, 2019 @01:18PM
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You’re right, I should. Was on mobile and in a bit of a hurry.
Quote from the second link:
> with respect to the Brazilian forests in the central Amazon - about 50% of their above-ground biomass is contained in less than the largest 10% of their trees
> The researchers have found that carbon uptake of trees (as measured by growth rates) continuously increases with their size because the overall leaf area increases as they grow. This enables bigger trees to absorb more carbon from the atmosphere. Thus, the oldest trees in a forest capture the most carbon from the atmosphere. These oldest trees are to be found in ancient forests. Importantly, older trees are also more valuable for biodiversity than younger trees because they support a wider range of species
Coming from Brazil, it pretty much looks like rain forest to me, except all the tree species are different. Besides, what is the point you are trying to make? That this is somehow ok?