Re:The Amazon Cannot Be Recovered Once It’s Gone
by Arnt on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @02:44AM
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The amazon forest is dense. There are a lot of trees almost on top of each other. Grass and underbrush, then taller bushes and smaller trees, then middling trees, then really tall trees, and the different layers have tree crowns above each other.
To get that biomass, to get a bush and two or three tree crowns above each other, you need a lot of well-adapted species. You need compatible species of trees, and you also need enough other species to make a functioning ecosystem.
Re:The Amazon Cannot Be Recovered Once It’s Gone
by wurst_case on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @01:27AM
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The biomass of a Forrest is more than its trees. Carbon is trapped in underbrush and in the soil. In tree farms, there is no longterm sequestration. A good book to read on this is The Soil Will Save Us - Kristin Ohlson
Can someone elaborate on this? I thought all that matters for carbon balance is biomass, and vast majority of this comes from trees, so diversity doesn't matter as long as there is enough trees.