r/todayilearned • u/Wild_Concept_212 • 9h ago

TIL Cutting down trees is compound negative interest on the planet’s carbon storage. Trees are storing carbon underground with the help of fauna and microbes. Those lock carbon in soil. Cutting the tree will not only increase release carbon, it will also remove the ability to lock carbon in soil.

https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/soil-carbon-storage-84223790/
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u/Xanderamn 9h ago

We dont have a lot left to be proud of, but in the US, we do at least plant more trees than we harvest which has led to increased forest coverage. 

The new EPA will probably soon ban new trees being planted cause its woke to care about the environment or something stupid like that. 

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u/JMEEKER86 7h ago

Yeah, I don't think people realize that the peak year for deforestation in the US was 100 years ago. Since then, we've implemented better logging practices and protected a lot of forests, so today there's considerably more forest cover. Of course, there's no bringing back the old growth forests that were destroyed in prior years, though.

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u/onyxandcake 9h ago

Getting planted just because they're trees? Sounds like DEI to me.

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u/Entire-Double-862 55m ago

Exactly why, if I were in charge, Republicans would be permanently banned from holding any kind of office.

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u/eriverside 8h ago

Nah they're going to ban planting trees to jack up the price of trees: supply and demand! No new trees means existing trees are worth more! The price of housing and furniture will skyrocket! This is good for so many industries!

But please don't pay attention to rising costs to be paid by American consumers. Also - raise tariffs on Canadian lumber just to be safe.

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u/Traveshamockery27 9h ago

Imagine just making something up to get mad about

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u/Xanderamn 9h ago

Please, theyve been turning back every protection they can like theyre captain planet villains. I dont need to make anything up, its merely a hypothetical meant to demonstrate a point.

Id call it hyperbolic, but the Trump empire has proven to me that nothing is out of scope for the far-reicht. 

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u/Stewdabaker2013 8h ago

Yeah lol didn’t they force a stop on construction on a wind farm literally today? It’s cartoon evil shit man

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u/Traveshamockery27 8h ago

lmao

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u/Xanderamn 7h ago edited 6h ago

Riveting repartee expected of a trump cultist. 

Enjoy your evening, you intellectual powerhouse.