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minus-squareHellsBelle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·17 days agoIf you’re in the midwest traditional prairie grasslands are the best carbon sinks ever. Their roots go down 6-12’, fire doesn’t kill them (so zero carbon is released) and they essentially live forever.
minus-squarefutatorius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days ago fire doesn’t kill them (so zero carbon is released) Carbon is still released when organic matter burns, even if it doesn’t completely destroy the root system. they essentially live forever Except the vast areas that European settlers destroyed.
If you’re in the midwest traditional prairie grasslands are the best carbon sinks ever. Their roots go down 6-12’, fire doesn’t kill them (so zero carbon is released) and they essentially live forever.
Carbon is still released when organic matter burns, even if it doesn’t completely destroy the root system.
Except the vast areas that European settlers destroyed.