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Re:In a warming world, New England’s trees are storing more ... by p1necone on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @10:04PM (#24056572)
Afaik fully developed forests are basically carbon neutral, so it's not a permanent way to offset carbon emissions. However we have a lot of unused, deforested land on this planet so it can be a carbon sink for quite some time.
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Re:In a warming world, New England’s trees are storing more ... by dahfizz on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @11:46PM (#24057083)
Mature forests are carbon neutral year over year, but they have a massive amount of carbon sequestered in them at any one time.
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Re:In a warming world, New England’s trees are storing more ... by _jahh on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @01:03AM (#24057421)
not to mention the production of humus
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Re:In a warming world, New England’s trees are storing more ... by WalterBright on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @10:18PM (#24056644)
As I noted, mature trees can be cut to provide building materials, and new trees can then sequester more carbon.
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