Trees may store less planet-heating carbon than hoped, study suggests
4d 9h ago by slrpnk.net/u/silence7 in climate@slrpnk.net from www.theguardian.com
The paper is here
This is about there being a time of year when trees stop growing even though they are still photosynthesizing. So they don't produce as much wood as models might expect.
I mean if they are still photsynthesizing aren't they still pulling out carbon? Is it that they are only doing as much as they need so its balanced by respiration?
I read the article, not the paper, and even then, I didn't read it that thoroughly. I mostly wanted to understand how over-sensationalized the headline was.
So I'd have to go back and reread it to see if it answers that question. My memory is that the article simply said that the effect on carbon capture was noticeable at certain times of the year during the summer.
yeah I read it and that is the only thing I can think of. That capture vs burning are basically the same.
Ugh, be prepared for more idiots to cite this as proof of how deforestation is actually okay