Study Finds Not Logging Some Northwest Forests Could Offset Climate Change
They analyzed which forests have the most potential to sequester carbon, are least vulnerable to drought and fire, and also provide valuable habitat for endangered species.
Many of the forests that hit that trifecta are along the Oregon and Washington coast and in the Cascade and Olympic mountains.
“The amount of carbon per acre that they take up is as high or higher than tropical forests,” said Beverly Law, a professor of global change biology and terrestrial system sciences at Oregon State University and co-author of the study. “Those are really what I call the land sinks that are so critical to try and make sure we preserve them.”
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So do nothing? That's what I thought.
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If communist climate changers would just all hold their breath for say 20 minutes straight the problem would be solved.
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The fact that you can do this explains a lot.Sledog said:If communist climate changers would just all hold their breath for say 20 minutes straight the problem would be solved.
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They cheat. Leave no doubt. Not a call for genocide. Don't twist.Sledog said:If communist climate changers would just all
hold their breathput plastic bags over their heads for say 20 minutes straight the problem would be solved.
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Can't Trudy them to do anything right!PurpleThrobber said:
They cheat. Leave no doubt. Not a call for genocide. Don't twist.Sledog said:If communist climate changers would just all
hold their breathput plastic bags over their heads for say 20 minutes straight the problem would be solved. -
Cut down trees. Turn it into lumber. Build house. Regrow trees. Double your carbon capture. Rinse, lather and repeat. Leftards are dumber than a bag of hammers and revel in their ignorance.
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This study was done in a controlled environment in the McDonald forest and has little relevancy to the happenings in real Forests. The facts are that if forests are neglected and allowed to run amok with undergrowth, they eventually burn. And in large tracts. This not only puts huge amounts of CO2 in the air, it eliminates trees that take it out of the air and provide shade for cooling. When a forest is logged in Oregon, it must be replanted within 2 years. Within 10 years the trees are about 15 feet tall and provide shade for cooling.Gwad said:https://www.opb.org/news/article/climate-change-study-carbon-offset-logging-northwest-forests/
They analyzed which forests have the most potential to sequester carbon, are least vulnerable to drought and fire, and also provide valuable habitat for endangered species.
Many of the forests that hit that trifecta are along the Oregon and Washington coast and in the Cascade and Olympic mountains.
“The amount of carbon per acre that they take up is as high or higher than tropical forests,” said Beverly Law, a professor of global change biology and terrestrial system sciences at Oregon State University and co-author of the study. “Those are really what I call the land sinks that are so critical to try and make sure we preserve them.” -
I wonder if this study was able to cross the international border and include British Columbia. or is solving the climate crisis studies restricted to the USofA only?
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You think relevancy is important to a leftard? Feelings are all that is relevant.
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Fuck it. Cut that shit down.
