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Redwoods are growing almost as fast in the UK as their Californian cousins

New study finds that giant sequoias add 70 cm of height and store 160 kg of carbon per year.

arstechnica.com/science/2024/0

@HistoPol @arstechnica
Better plant grasslands then. Redwood forests tend towards an overall density of 80 trees/acre. That's 160 kg * 80 trees per year or about 12 tons of carbon removed (or about three car-years' worth). Grassland ecologies can do about 49 tons per acre, and all without destroying your native ecology. But if you really want to cut down carbon emissions in the UK, stop trying to have US-style car centrism and bring back bikes and public transit.

@conditional_soup @arstechnica


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...on its use (cattle or not)

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"However, climate change drivers contributed a net carbon sink in soil organic matter, mainly from the
increased productivity of grasslands due to increased and deposition.

"In contrast, grasslands globally have...

@conditional_soup @arstechnica


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