GeoffCapes
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I get that it's bad that we cut down the trees in the rainforests for obvious reasons (apparently Brazil's rainforest shrank by an area the larger than Greater London this year!). However, when they say that the rainforests are the lungs of the earth, they're not, well, they are to a degree, but they are not the main absorbers of CO2 on the planet.
Algae is. By a huge margin, I read recently that 2 KG of CO2 is absorbed by 1KG of algae, sometimes as much as 3KG of CO2.
This would suggest, that the best way to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere would be to create more wetlands and swamps, stop building on flood plains and let nature get back to what it does best.
Algae is. By a huge margin, I read recently that 2 KG of CO2 is absorbed by 1KG of algae, sometimes as much as 3KG of CO2.
This would suggest, that the best way to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere would be to create more wetlands and swamps, stop building on flood plains and let nature get back to what it does best.