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The world's forests are increasingly taking up more carbon, partially offsetting the carbon being released by the burning of fossil fuels and by deforestation in the tropics, according to a new study.
The findings, published in the journal Biogeosciences, suggest that forests are growing more vigorously, and therefore, locking away more carbon. Even so, the concentration of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is still on the rise.
[...] The increased plant growth in global forests could be due to several factors, including higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, warmer temperatures and increased availability of nitrogen.
Perhaps we should re-forest the deserts of the world.
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even any property taxes."
-- J. MacKay, Mathematics 134b
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 25 2019, @08:21PM (9 children)
Perhaps we should "insert another unrealistic goal here"
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 25 2019, @08:42PM (5 children)
It's not unrealistic - it just takes either a lot of time and/or a lot of money. Politicians aren't wont to endorse long-term projects, and especially not if those projects involve spending lots of money. Plus, you have the problem of: Desert no-one wants to live in is reforested. Now people want to live there, and they deforest it again to make subdivisions and golf courses.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday February 25 2019, @09:15PM (4 children)
FTFY
Money have no reality outside humans delusions, energy does.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @12:15AM (3 children)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @12:41AM (2 children)
Troll? Please explain how "money" is a more physical concept than "temperature".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @03:06AM
Cold Hard Cash... oh wait!
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday February 26 2019, @05:42AM
Money is way less physical. Temperature is a direct measurement of kinetic energy an object or substance possesses, at least if you're using an absolute scale like Kelvins. Money? Money is a dream, especially floating currency, *especially* floating fiat currency.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Monday February 25 2019, @09:06PM
Perhaps we should strip mine and harvest more forests of the world.
Put on your corporate profit manager hat for a minute.
Since existing forests now seem to be absorbing more carbon . . .
Profit!
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday February 25 2019, @09:51PM (1 child)
It's a question of point of view.
Look. Greenland is pretty much a snowy desert.
Our solution is to melt all the glaciers, so we can cover the whole* place with trees, capture CO2, and have the name actually match the place.
Turn a desert green, save the planet, right ?
* : Whole, as in "everywhere where digging for minerals is not profitable enough".
(Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Monday February 25 2019, @10:33PM
Have you tried acrylic paints? I hear they are cheaper per unit of area than growing a tree.
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