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World's Forests Increasingly Taking up More Carbon

posted by mrpg on Monday February 25 2019, @07:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the CC dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Phys.org:

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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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 25 2019, @08:42PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 25 2019, @08:42PM (#806551)

    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.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday February 25 2019, @09:15PM (4 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday February 25 2019, @09:15PM (#806569) Journal

    It's not unrealistic - it just takes either a lot of time and/or a lot of money. energy

    FTFY
    Money have no reality outside humans delusions, energy does.

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    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @12:15AM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @12:15AM (#806693)

      It's not unrealistic - it just takes either a lot of time and/or a lot of money. energy

      FTFY
      Temperature have no reality outside humans delusions, energy does.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @12:41AM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @12:41AM (#806705)

        Troll? Please explain how "money" is a more physical concept than "temperature".

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @03:06AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @03:06AM (#806742)

          Cold Hard Cash... oh wait!

        • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday February 26 2019, @05:42AM

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday February 26 2019, @05:42AM (#806805) Journal

          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.

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