Does planting trees actually fight climate change? Carolyn Beans
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Date: 2023-12-19
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ZennExile
No, no it does not. Trees (plants) are only the siphon in a larger carbon processing plant, without the totality of which the terrestrial carbon cycle fails. Just as it has. That's the real truth about the carbon crisis. It's not fossil fuels. It's Industrial Agriculture and the destruction of the global Rhizosphere that have simultaneously thrust thousands of gigatons of carbon into the atmosphere, while also dismantling the ability for the Rhizosphere to recover and reclaim its lost carbon.
Fossil fuels are also a major problem. But Industrial Agriculture's carbon footprint, when adjusted to reflect the destruction of the Rhizosphere, is absolutely massive in comparison. If we don't repair the global Rhizosphere, no amount of planting trees or reducing emissions will have any effect whatsoever on the carbon crisis.
The good news is, literally every able bodied human being on the planet can help rebuild the Rhizosphere with a tri-fold and some financial incentive. It's incredibly easy. We just need to process as much whole organic waste as we can back into the soil through castings and frass (worm and insect poop. The bad news is, this can't be done as an Industrial process. The waste has to be quickly mixed for consistency and spread out to prevent as much decay as possible. So it has to be processed a ton at a time and spread thinly over about 5 acres.
Basically, we need around 5 million active Dirt Farmers per continent repairing the Rhizosphere. The issue is, paying them, and making sure it's enough incentive to convince millions of people to move away from cities and back out onto farmland. We never should have allowed the farming population to drop so low. We never should have allowed Industrial Agro corporations buy up and consolidate the Agriculture Industry. And we have to stop trying to economically blame the working class for the exploitation and global destruction caused by psychopathic corporate delusion.
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No, no it does not. Trees (plants) are only the siphon in a larger carbon processing plant, without the totality of which the terrestrial carbon cycle fails. Just as it has. That's the real truth about the carbon crisis. It's not fossil fuels. It's Industrial Agriculture and the destruction of the global Rhizosphere that have simultaneously thrust thousands of gigatons of carbon into the atmosphere, while also dismantling the ability for the Rhizosphere to recover and reclaim its lost carbon.
Fossil fuels are also a major problem. But Industrial Agriculture's carbon footprint, when adjusted to reflect the destruction of the Rhizosphere, is absolutely massive in comparison. If we don't repair the global Rhizosphere, no amount of planting trees or reducing emissions will have any effect whatsoever on the carbon crisis.
The good news is, literally every able bodied human being on the planet can help rebuild the Rhizosphere with a tri-fold and some financial incentive. It's incredibly easy. We just need to process as much whole organic waste as we can back into the soil through castings and frass (worm and insect poop. The bad news is, this can't be done as an Industrial process. The waste has to be quickly mixed for consistency and spread out to prevent as much decay as possible. So it has to be processed a ton at a time and spread thinly over about 5 acres.
Basically, we need around 5 million active Dirt Farmers per continent repairing the Rhizosphere. The issue is, paying them, and making sure it's enough incentive to convince millions of people to move away from cities and back out onto farmland. We never should have allowed the farming population to drop so low. We never should have allowed Industrial Agro corporations buy up and consolidate the Agriculture Industry. And we have to stop trying to economically blame the working class for the exploitation and global destruction caused by psychopathic corporate delusion.
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salem_boi2537
I feel like a lot of people misunderstand this. Having a forest itself isn't good for the environment, since this forest isn't removing carbon from the atmosphere; a forest is only doing that when it is growing. So old forests aren't capturing carbon (they are, but only in minuscule amounts); they are storing the carbon. So, there are actually big benefits with the lumber industry. This is because they remove the carbon and (hopefully) store it in a good place, like a house made out of wood, and then a new forest can grow there and capture even more carbon. There are negatives as well with the lumber industry, like removing habitat and biological diversity.
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I feel like a lot of people misunderstand this. Having a forest itself isn't good for the environment, since this forest isn't removing carbon from the atmosphere; a forest is only doing that when it is growing. So old forests aren't capturing carbon (they are, but only in minuscule amounts); they are storing the carbon. So, there are actually big benefits with the lumber industry. This is because they remove the carbon and (hopefully) store it in a good place, like a house made out of wood, and then a new forest can grow there and capture even more carbon. There are negatives as well with the lumber industry, like removing habitat and biological diversity.
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tonygarcia0072
Forests are being planted for the wrong reasons; Sure, they provide carbon sequestration and soil retention, however they should really be used as water repeaters. I use this term because like radio repeaters are used to propagate a signal to areas that would not receive the signal without them, trees can take rainfall and return the water to the atmosphere, allowing it to continue on and reach areas that otherwise would be arid and lifeless.
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Forests are being planted for the wrong reasons; Sure, they provide carbon sequestration and soil retention, however they should really be used as water repeaters. I use this term because like radio repeaters are used to propagate a signal to areas that would not receive the signal without them, trees can take rainfall and return the water to the atmosphere, allowing it to continue on and reach areas that otherwise would be arid and lifeless.
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kennysiu-HK
Well it depends! Balancing is the main idea. Depending what will be too much on the atmosphere. Prevention is good, but it is even better human stop emitting pollution air. It almost never hurts (the environment) planting more trees, Planting tree in a design that prevent huge fire should be consider better than allow trees to grow naturally, why? seperate trees with a distance help fire fighters or make fire fighters less dangerous + easy.
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Well it depends! Balancing is the main idea. Depending what will be too much on the atmosphere. Prevention is good, but it is even better human stop emitting pollution air. It almost never hurts (the environment) planting more trees, Planting tree in a design that prevent huge fire should be consider better than allow trees to grow naturally, why? seperate trees with a distance help fire fighters or make fire fighters less dangerous + easy.
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roksanamun
Protecting indigenous communities and their lands are also a much needed and sadly too neglected solution to fighting climate change crisis. Indigenous communities are one of our best chances to knowing what are the best native plants and trees to protecting ecosystems and biodiversity.
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Protecting indigenous communities and their lands are also a much needed and sadly too neglected solution to fighting climate change crisis. Indigenous communities are one of our best chances to knowing what are the best native plants and trees to protecting ecosystems and biodiversity.
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sunflower823
Saving what's already there like any forests by stopping deforestation and addressing a ton of other issues like mentioned in the video sounds ideal. Instead of turning Savannah's and deserts green which has its consequences we must prioritize on protecting what's already there.
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Saving what's already there like any forests by stopping deforestation and addressing a ton of other issues like mentioned in the video sounds ideal. Instead of turning Savannah's and deserts green which has its consequences we must prioritize on protecting what's already there.
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theawecat27
you also didn't mention the fact that many ecosystems, like savannahs, are often more efficient carbon sinks than rainforests despite not having many trees. we need a diversity of ecosystems to fight climate change not trees covering everywhere in the globe.
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you also didn't mention the fact that many ecosystems, like savannahs, are often more efficient carbon sinks than rainforests despite not having many trees. we need a diversity of ecosystems to fight climate change not trees covering everywhere in the globe.
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jessicajayes8326
I've heard of a logging company in Southeast Asia that uses elephants instead of machinery to carry logs out of tropical forests. It takes the few choice trees out without damaging the environment and allows new trees to grow.
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I've heard of a logging company in Southeast Asia that uses elephants instead of machinery to carry logs out of tropical forests. It takes the few choice trees out without damaging the environment and allows new trees to grow.
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km1dash6
Most carbon dioxide gets absorbed not through trees, but through the ocean. Alarmingly, the ocean ecosystem is showing signs of collapse due to acidification, the overuse of desalination plants for water, and rising temperatures.
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Most carbon dioxide gets absorbed not through trees, but through the ocean. Alarmingly, the ocean ecosystem is showing signs of collapse due to acidification, the overuse of desalination plants for water, and rising temperatures.
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MWhaleK
Planting tress helps, but it needs to be done the right way. Don't plant lots of the same type of tree in one place, plant the right type of tree in the right place and absolutely DO NOT cut down forests to plant more trees.
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Planting tress helps, but it needs to be done the right way. Don't plant lots of the same type of tree in one place, plant the right type of tree in the right place and absolutely DO NOT cut down forests to plant more trees.
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Ilhan111
Absolutely, planting trees plays a crucial role in battling climate change. It's like nature's way of hitting the undo button on carbon emissions a small act with big consequences for our planet.
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Absolutely, planting trees plays a crucial role in battling climate change. It's like nature's way of hitting the undo button on carbon emissions a small act with big consequences for our planet.
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ted_ed
That's why I follow Mossy Earth, they reforest and actually try to make a healthy ecosystem and always looking for feedback
transparency is a plus
Also super cool animation
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That's why I follow Mossy Earth, they reforest and actually try to make a healthy ecosystem and always looking for feedback
transparency is a plus
Also super cool animation
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Nineleee
Come in Romania and u will see that our Government cut our entire woods and those cut trees are going in Austria they preserve their environment and destroy ours
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Come in Romania and u will see that our Government cut our entire woods and those cut trees are going in Austria they preserve their environment and destroy ours
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sophiaisabelle000
Planting trees isn't enough to fight climate change. There's bigger environmental damages to address. It's just one part of the huge picture.
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Planting trees isn't enough to fight climate change. There's bigger environmental damages to address. It's just one part of the huge picture.
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ted_ed
Using wood as a material for building and furniture is sure a way to solidify atmospheric carbon, given it does not cause deforestation.
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Using wood as a material for building and furniture is sure a way to solidify atmospheric carbon, given it does not cause deforestation.
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johnburn8031
I think planting trees is part of the solution. However, there needs to be a rapid transition to carbon free energy sources.
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I think planting trees is part of the solution. However, there needs to be a rapid transition to carbon free energy sources.
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aatreyu1234
Mossy earth has a LOT of these reforestation efforts in their projects. They seem to KNOW what their doing & dealing with.
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Mossy earth has a LOT of these reforestation efforts in their projects. They seem to KNOW what their doing & dealing with.
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