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Anecdotal evidence suggests to me that European spruce stores more CO2 than it sheds way over 80 years old as a spruce grows in mass significantly decades after
by aukust 7y ago
Anecdotal evidence suggests to me that European spruce stores more CO2 than it sheds way over 80 years old as a spruce grows in mass significantly decades after reaching that age.
However here is a study that tries to bring some light to carbon pools on over-mature 167-213 year-old trees:
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/7/435/pdf https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/7/435/pdf
- bryanlarsen 7y agoAnecdotal evidence tells me that spruce trees are really good at suppressing undergrowth due to their acidic needless so claiming a mature first is a net emitter makes sense to me. The trees may be growing, but nothing else is.