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arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkParts of Canada’s Boreal Forest Are Burning Faster Than They Can Regrow | The delicate balance of one the planet’s largest natural systems for storing carbon depends on the humble black spruce tree.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squaregirlfreddy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYes they do. But they stay underground, and if the soil remains undisturbed the carbon stays trapped underground.
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoDecay turns carbon into carbon dioxide, a gas. Unless it’s injected into deep geological structures it doesn’t stay underground.
Yes they do. But they stay underground, and if the soil remains undisturbed the carbon stays trapped underground.
Decay turns carbon into carbon dioxide, a gas. Unless it’s injected into deep geological structures it doesn’t stay underground.