https://carbonoffsetsdaily.com/news-channels/usa/carbon-sequestration-6206.htm Daily carbon offset news, insight, community. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:55:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 https://carbonoffsetsdaily.com/news-channels/usa/carbon-sequestration-6206.htm/comment-page-1#comment-5161 Jim Prall Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:16:06 +0000 https://carbonoffsetsdaily.com/?p=6206#comment-5161 Just getting people to stop cutting down virgin forests, both in the tropics and elsewhere, would also be a win for climate. All in all, there is not enough land to plant enough additional trees to soak up all the excess carbon we've already emitted, though we certainly should do what we can to plant trees and save existing trees. There has actually been a lot of research on how much carbon both forests and other types of plant life are currently taking up, and how much more they could absorb in the future. Climate change is likely to stress many existing plants by altering how much rainfall they receive and at what times of year. As climate warming becomes more pronounced, any given type of forest will be less well suited to where it is now and would do better at a different latitude farther from the equator; but there is only so far that a forest can "migrate" by growing new trees at its leading edge to follow these shifting climate zones. We may have to put a lot of effort into planting new trees of a suitable type further away from the equator to aid these shifts. Not all land is available for this either: farms, cities, areas with poor soil all can be barriers. Just getting people to stop cutting down virgin forests, both in the tropics and elsewhere, would also be a win for climate. All in all, there is not enough land to plant enough additional trees to soak up all the excess carbon we’ve already emitted, though we certainly should do what we can to plant trees and save existing trees.
There has actually been a lot of research on how much carbon both forests and other types of plant life are currently taking up, and how much more they could absorb in the future. Climate change is likely to stress many existing plants by altering how much rainfall they receive and at what times of year. As climate warming becomes more pronounced, any given type of forest will be less well suited to where it is now and would do better at a different latitude farther from the equator; but there is only so far that a forest can “migrate” by growing new trees at its leading edge to follow these shifting climate zones. We may have to put a lot of effort into planting new trees of a suitable type further away from the equator to aid these shifts. Not all land is available for this either: farms, cities, areas with poor soil all can be barriers.

]]> https://carbonoffsetsdaily.com/news-channels/usa/carbon-sequestration-6206.htm/comment-page-1#comment-5129 m. baker Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:11:56 +0000 https://carbonoffsetsdaily.com/?p=6206#comment-5129 Hi, I just wanted to point out that it's not 114,900 households, it's actually 114,900,000 households (the number in the census report was in thousands, so you have to add three more zeroes). The U.S. has 300 million people. It's still a great idea, though -- Los Angeles has a "Million Trees Initiative," and is aiming to get one million trees planted in this city alone, so planting 2 billion trees around the country could be a reasonable goal. Hi,
I just wanted to point out that it’s not 114,900 households, it’s actually 114,900,000 households (the number in the census report was in thousands, so you have to add three more zeroes). The U.S. has 300 million people. It’s still a great idea, though — Los Angeles has a “Million Trees Initiative,” and is aiming to get one million trees planted in this city alone, so planting 2 billion trees around the country could be a reasonable goal.

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