Amazon rainforest emitting more CO2 than it absorbs

[bear66]

Fires and drought now mean three times more CO2 being produced than is being absorbed.

Link

 

[Middlesbrough123]

There’s a lot of fires that happen naturally and animal species that die out naturally. At what point do we Intervene ?
I’m sure there’s certain trees that requires fire to reproduce .

 

[SmallTown]

Chop it down: sorted

 

[bear66]

There’s a lot of fires that happen naturally and animal species that die out naturally. At what point do we Intervene ?
I’m sure there’s certain trees that requires fire to reproduce .

Intervening is the main reason. Mass clearing by fire. Global warming drought is increasing as well.

 

[Middlesbrough123]

Yeah certainly is with the Amazon mind , sad really .

 

[bear66]

Yeah certainly is with the Amazon mind , sad really .

It's made worse by trees being the main generator for rain, so as large areas have been removed, those areas are now experiencing drought
. . . and more fires.

 

[Middlesbrough123]

It’s not like we can grow it back in a decade even

 

[Same_as_before]

My memory messes things up. But a few months ago there was a documentary about a bloke I think in Northumberland who has been fighting for more bog land, stating that it holds CO2 almost forever, far more efficient than trees. Evidently he is right and the local council with the forestry commission are preparing bog land over trees.

He has been wittering on for over 50 years.

 

[proctors_perm]

My memory messes things up. But a few months ago there was a documentary about a bloke I think in Northumberland who has been fighting for more bog land, stating that it holds CO2 almost forever, far more efficient than trees. Evidently he is right and the local council with the forestry commission are preparing bog land over trees.

He has been wittering on for over 50 years.

Absolutely, I work for the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and we are doing huge amounts of work in the Dales and NYM on Peat restoration. The side benefit is that there is evidence the capture carbon too

 

[Same_as_before]

Absolutely, I work for the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and we are doing huge amounts of work in the Dales and NYM on Peat restoration. The side benefit is that there is evidence the capture carbon too

Was it Yorkshire in documentary? The bloke was an unsung hero in my eyes .

 

[proctors_perm]

I haven’t seen it, but as said it could be Northumberland. It’s as much about returning Peat bog habitats because the disturbance is releasing CO2, and then when these habitats are restored the sequestration of CO2 is constant, whereas as someone pointed out, other carbon capture like tree planting for example takes a long time before it captures carbon and then levels out.
To be honest, it’s a mix and it’s got to be on a larger scale than we are currently planning

 

[Expat Smoggie]

Most of the so-called wild fires here in California are set off by humans.